A whiff of nothing: The atmospheric absence of smell
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A whiff of nothing : The atmospheric absence of smell. / Stenslund, Anette.
In: The Senses and Society, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2015, p. 341-360.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - A whiff of nothing
T2 - The atmospheric absence of smell
AU - Stenslund, Anette
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This article uses the figure of “presence of absence” to consider the phenomenologicalsignificance of dimensions of smell that easily slip out of apprehension. The discussion highlights how not only loud smell but also absence of smell manages to exert an influence over the way people feel. Smells linked to emotions and bodily sensations are addressed as atmospheric, and facets of an atmospheric absence of smell are unfurled within the framework of “the smell of the hospital.” The case demonstrates how the atmospheric presence of absence of smell becomes of significance in the hospital as it is acted and reacted upon as a sense of (1) longing, (2) avoidance, (3) care and (4) cleanliness.
AB - This article uses the figure of “presence of absence” to consider the phenomenologicalsignificance of dimensions of smell that easily slip out of apprehension. The discussion highlights how not only loud smell but also absence of smell manages to exert an influence over the way people feel. Smells linked to emotions and bodily sensations are addressed as atmospheric, and facets of an atmospheric absence of smell are unfurled within the framework of “the smell of the hospital.” The case demonstrates how the atmospheric presence of absence of smell becomes of significance in the hospital as it is acted and reacted upon as a sense of (1) longing, (2) avoidance, (3) care and (4) cleanliness.
KW - Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet
KW - presence of absence
KW - smell
KW - atmosphere
KW - hospital
U2 - 10.1080/17458927.2015.1130305
DO - 10.1080/17458927.2015.1130305
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
VL - 10
SP - 341
EP - 360
JO - Senses and Society
JF - Senses and Society
SN - 1745-8927
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 161185516