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Geografia zapachów wobec dyskursów humanistyki
The geography of scents and discourses of humanities

Author(s): Elżbieta Konończuk
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: space anthropology; perceptive geography; scents; humanities

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the monograph Géographie des odeurs, which contains treatises on space anthropology, literature, geography of industry, urban planning, thematising the role of scent in shaping and perceiving space. The authors propose application of the instruments of perceptive geography (e.g. scent maps) to analyze various spatial phenomena.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 53-61
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish