Temporalities of the Smellscape: Creative Mapping as Visual Representation

McLean, K.

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“…The practice of smell mapping takes an anthropocentric approach to the detection, description and depiction of temporal- and location-specific olfactory environments (McLean, 2019 ). Situated within communication design, smell mapping deploys the smellwalk as a method of data collection and to create subsequent representational formats to illustrate subjective, dynamic, vernacular urban smellscapes (Henshaw, 2015 ).…”

Section: Methodological Approaches In Smellscape Researchmentioning

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“…Cross-modal approaches are crucial to understanding human interaction with the smellscape (Ndichu, 2020 ; Spence, 2020b ). Historical smellscapes combine olfactory descriptors, local context and human habituation (see Kiechle, 2017 ; Dugan, 2018 ; Tullett, 2019 ), and both cross-modal and historical smellscapes benefit from multilayered mapping design approaches ( Figure 2 ) that are sympathetic to the era and narrative being depicted (McLean, 2020a , b ). Any future archive of smell will need to identify the criteria for olfactory selection and preservation (see Bembibre and Strlič, 2017 ) and determine the mechanisms for representation.…”

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Recent Advances in Smellscape Research for the Built Environment

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The interrelationships between humans, smells and the built environment have been the focus of increasing numbers of research studies in the past ten years. This paper reviews these trends and identifies the challenges in smellscape research from three aspects: methodological approaches, artistic design interventions and museum practices, and odour policy making. In response to the gaps and challenges identified, three areas of future research have also been identified for this field: smell archives and databases, social justice within odour control and management, and research into advanced building materials.

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“…Xiao et al ( 2020 ) studied and proposed a framework around the perceptual process of smellscape perceptions. McLean ( 2019 ) creates olfactory landscapes and maps the scents of a city to render with different types of visualizations. Sissel Tolaas, Maki Ueda, and Peter de Cupere have also mapped odors from cities and different areas.…”

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Development and Study of Ezzence: A Modular Scent Wearable to Improve Wellbeing in Home Sleep Environments

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Ezzence is the first smartphone-controlled olfactometer designed for both day and night conditions. We discuss the design and technical implementation of Ezzence and report on a study to evaluate the feasibility of using the device in home-based sleep environments. The study results (N = 40) show that participants were satisfied with the device and found it easy to use. Furthermore, participants reported a significant improvement in sleep quality when using the device with scent in comparison to the control condition (p = 0.003), as well as better mood the following morning (p = 0.038) and shorter time to sleep onset (p = 0.008). The device is integrated with a wearable EEG and real-time sleep staging algorithm to release scent during specific sleep stages (N1, N2, N3, and REM), which is important for certain use cases (e.g., to study the effect of scent on REM dreams, or to improve memory consolidation with a re-exposure of scent during N2 and N3). Ezzence can be used for several applications, including those that require scent triggered day and night. They include targeted memory reactivation, longitudinal health treatments, therapy, and mental or physical exercises. Finally, this article proposes an interaction framework to understand relationships between scents and environments based on proxemic dimensions and passive or active interactions during sleep.

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“…Representation is a major methodological challenge in the research prompt to capture smells. One of the ways in which scholars, designers, urban planners and artists have visualised smellscapes has been through mapping (McLean, 2020). This usually involves marking which smells are located where, using spatial descriptions of the odours located, their range and their combinations.…”

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Exploring creative pedagogies for research methods: Reflections from a workshop series

Mainsah¹

2022

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This article describes a series of experimental method workshops that invite participants to enact speculative, craftful, multisensory and performative research techniques. The workshops have taken place across different European university venues with graduate students in a variety of disciplines such as digital humanities, sociology, design, media and art. Drawing on these experiences, the article argues that these workshops serve as an avenue for widening the repertoire of pedagogies for interdisciplinary qualitative inquiry through engagement with material, experiential and embodied ways of knowing. The article articulates the need to widen the repertoire of pedagogies for interdisciplinary qualitative inquiry.

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Temporalities of the Smellscape: Creative Mapping as Visual Representation

Cited by 24 publications

References 22 publications

Recent Advances in Smellscape Research for the Built Environment

Recent Advances in Smellscape Research for the Built Environment

Development and Study of Ezzence: A Modular Scent Wearable to Improve Wellbeing in Home Sleep Environments

Exploring creative pedagogies for research methods: Reflections from a workshop series

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