{"id":23217,"date":"2016-08-30T20:47:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T19:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itrc3.wpengine.com\/?page_id=23217"},"modified":"2016-08-30T20:47:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T19:47:04","slug":"urban-smellscapes-soundscapes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/health-wellbeing\/feeling-good-in-public-spaces\/urban-smellscapes-soundscapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Smellscapes & soundscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"
The second event in the Feeling good in public spaces series explores the impact of urban design on auditory and olfactory senses. It focuses on how climate change or climate disruption would affect or present future challenges for these sensory experiences<\/p>\n
This talk will focus on primary research conducted in Glasgow and Singapore as part of the Sensory Maps project. The Sensory Maps project is an art & design practice that explores and communicates urban smellscapes globally from a human-centred perspective. Sensory data can be measured using technological sensors but the nose is perfectly designed for detecting fine-grained data enabling the simultaneous collection of qualitative measurements of smell data and perceived quality of life. Equally, whilst the traditional role of the map purports to be a scientific exactitude the practice of crowd-sourced smellscapes reinvigorates the map to be a magical instrument of speculation and imaginative meandering. The talk will draw parallels between the smellscapes of Glasgow<\/a> and Singapore<\/a> and indicate individual, notable differences. It will culminate with an introduction to the Smellfie<\/a> a free, downloadable kit I developed to enable anyone to conduct and record a smellwalk anywhere (pdf, 6.6 MB).<\/p>\n McLean, K. (2014). Smellmap Amsterdam: Olfactory Art & Smell Visualisation in Forbes, A & Chevalier, F (eds), Proceedings of the IEEE VIS 2014 Arts Program, VISAP\u201914: Art+Interpretation<\/a>, Paris, France, 9\u201314 November 2014.<\/p>\n