Urban Smellscapes
This podcast is a fascinating exploration of our urban smellscapes. It is part of our Feast for the Senses series.
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The odoriferous 18th century
Susan Sontag said smelling ‘gives one a sensation of knowledge rinsed clean of thought’. The effect of smell is powerful, but rarely articulated and therefore rarely recorded. So how does an historian of smell go about his work?
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Have you ever stepped off a plane and been aware of a different smell in the air – the smell of a country, a city, a terrain? This podcast explores our urban smellscapes – how we live and navigate using our noses.
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