Sensing the Inner City: A Conversation with Alex Rhys-Taylor

Alex Rhys-Taylor is an urban sociologist at the Goldsmiths University of London. His works are based on the relationship between experiences of the city (e.g., multisensory experiences) and histories of change. Given the importance of sensory methodologies in social sciences, the following conversation addresses their role in the comprehension of contemporary urban changes (e.g., touristification and housing crisis), social processes of discrimination (e.g., cultural disgust), and social history of urban areas (e.g., inner city and culinary experiences). These issues are addressed during the conversation by discussing the methodological and empirical implications of concepts like intersensoriality, sensescapes, inner city, and between the digital and the physical city.