Olfactory classifications: an incomplete portolan of combined smelly knowledges

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McLean, K. 2016. Olfactory classifications: an incomplete portolan of combined smelly knowledges.
CreatorsMcLean, K.
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A segmented radial convergence data visualisation to facilitate interrogation of how smell vocabularies are shared between different classification systems.

Using words from 5 disciplines combined with human-perceived smells verbatim (from one of my site-specific research projects smellwalking and smellmapping in Pamplona) the diagram suggests how the smells might be categorised according to specialist aroma wheels and classification systems. Cross-referencing expert olfactory terminologies from different disciplines reveals a complexity and confusion in labelling smells, leaves some smells without ‘homes’ and indicates a need for alternative strategies when representing the urban vernacular smellscape.

Keywordssmell; classification; data visualisation; design
Date2016
Web address (URL)http://sensorymaps.com/portfolio/comparative-smell-vocabularies/
Related URLhttp://create.canterbury.ac.uk/15092/
http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/14373/
http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/13780/
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Exhibited in:
1. "Las consecuencias del mapa", October 2014, La Sala Conde Rodenzo, Pamplona, Spain

2. "Communicating the Intangible", September 17-24, 2016, Royal College of Art, London.

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Deposited01 Nov 2016
Completed01 Sep 2016
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