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Main GroupIn this paper I look at the visualization of a place that exists in the present and existed in the past – in this case the mound of Çatalhöyük – through filter of present “viewers”. Following on from some of the “Sensual Geographers” such as Tuan, Porteous, and Rodaway, I consider the complex interweaving of all of our senses that – at different scales of perception – contribute to our own memory of a place and its visualization as a place that might have existed in the past. In using the word “visualization” we are following the dominating metaphors that are inspired by the sense of sight. This dominance perseveres in many of the computerized “visualizations”. My argument here is that visual memory, dreaming, and imagining of places may seem to be based on vision, but that other senses – and especially their complex and subtle interweaving – are actually playing very important roles, When taken into account and even problematised, these roles can help to transform the computerised expression and visualization of past places. Through a series of interviews, videos, still images, soundbytes, and other tricks of the trade, I attempt to demonstrate the importance of putting vision in its place in creating the sense of place at Çatalhöyük.
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