Sensual, Sensory and Sensational Narratives

Sensory and sensual methodologies are becoming more commonplace, although feminists, indigenous, performance and artistic scholars have been using such methodologies for some time. It is through our senses that narratives become possible in their construction and in their communication. This chapter summarises the current state of sensory methodologies and discusses the sensory shifts within qualitative research, from largely ocular-centric hegemony to a myriad of senses now being explored. As a way in to sensory narratives, we suggest a framework that intersect the three research ‘moments’ field, interim and research texts, with four sense epistemes – senses, sensual experience, sensory geographies, and sensational learning/turning points.