Gemma McLean-Carr
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PhD Student looking at Smells, Odours and Sinophobia in 19th and 20th Century Britain 👃 University of Edinburgh | Convenor of AHGN (UoE) | Museum Supervisor at Royal Scots Dragoon Museum, Edinburgh Castle 🖼
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The book shows that the past wasn't necessarily 'smellier' than the present, it smelled different to different noses; that smell is about power and has been central to our attempts to mark the inside and outside of communities; and that the modern world is one in which our noses are often misled.
Show PostMore positively I am really pleased that SNIFF: A HISTORY OF SMELLS is out today!! Published by @yalebooks.bsky.social and out in all good bookshops. It's a history of smell across time and space that takes in a panoply of pongs and perfume from paper and ink to stink bombs and whale oil.
Show Post(1/) Been interested in this comparison so here follows a thread probing (some of) the differences between the Victorian and Contemporary ‘Great Stinks’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Show PostMy article in the @scottishhistreview.bsky.social on the smells of the Glasgow Subway is free for an undefined period of time! It begins with the immortal lines you can read in the image/alt text accompanying this post www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
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