Profile
Dr. David Howes
Affiliation
Concordia UniversityAcademy or College
Academy of Social SciencesYear Elected
2024Areas of Interest
sensory studies, sensory turn, sense-based studies
In law, Dr. Howes has made significant contributions to Canadian legal history and constitutional studies, and been a staunch advocate for the practice of cross-cultural jurisprudence. In anthropology, Dr. Howes is internationally renowned as a pioneer of the anthropology of the senses and leading theorist of the interdisciplinary field of sensory studies. Recent books include: The Sensory Studies Manifesto (2022), Sensorial Investigations (2023) and Sensorium (2024).
Prof. Howes a apporté d’importantes contributions dans le domaine du droit, de l’histoire du droit canadien et des études constitutionnelles. Il a été un fervent défenseur du recours à la jurisprudence interculturelle. En anthropologie, Prof. Howes est reconnu sur le plan international comme un pionnier de l’anthropologie des sens et un théoricien de premier plan du domaine interdisciplinaire des études sensorielles. Parmi ses ouvrages récents, citons The Sensory Studies Manifesto (2022), Sensorial Investigations (2023) et Sensorium (2024).