Author-led periodical · Issue 1 · October 2026
La trama dei sensi
Perception · Language · Culture
How do we perceive the world? What role do the senses play in our words, our memories, the texts we read, and the cultural practices we share? La trama dei sensi explores the intersections of scientific research, language, and culture, with close attention to evidence, words, and their histories.
Issue 1 · October 2026
Beyond the Five Senses
Olfaction as a Laboratory of Perception
Seven explorations across research, language, and culture. The first issue takes olfaction as a privileged vantage point: a sense long treated as marginal, yet especially revealing of how body, memory, emotion, environment, and language interact in perceptual experience.
Perception Does Not Have Five Windows
Why a periodical on the senses should begin with relations, not with a list.
Sentire: Between Body, Perception, and Experience
An Italian verb spanning sensory perception, bodily states, emotions, and judgment.
SPECIAL FEATURE
Does Crime Have a Smell?
Olfaction in Italian crime fiction, from clue to atmosphere: De Angelis, Scerbanenco, and Carrisi illustrate three different ways in which smell enters investigation and narrative.
Themes in Preparation
Future issues will continue to explore the intersections of perception, language, and culture. Topics currently under consideration include voice and listening, touch and technological mediation, taste, vision, and space. The final sequence will be announced issue by issue.
Three Issues a Year
Every four months, a new thematic sequence combining critical syntheses, linguistic analysis, and contributions grounded in primary materials.
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About the Project · About Marco Perugini
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