This project is a venture in the field of sensory ethnography. It’s also a part of a larger project, that of my thesis. Accordingly, it fits outside of the typical categories of audio.video.text.image. The creation of this workshop has been an attempt and interrogation into what it means to do anthropology in the sensory, but more specifically, in the olfactory. Through this workshop, I ask: What stories can be smelled? Why/is this different from other ways of telling stories? How does smelling change how we listen, or what we hear?
To host a perfume workshop,
- Make and send out an invitation, such as
2. Create a facilitation manual, such as
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13bXfu3j6XI4OyT1x82Jiw_WwTOxvUU0T3soXtWMh0CI/edit?usp=sharing
3. Create a resource sheet for further introspection
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K-GAYre4jETkj6ynfP-omLqIiOn8V8ha2dlQxtZ-kpg/edit?usp=sharing
4. Choose which scents you will bring to the workshop
(this involves a lot of smelling). (also remember to order things like scent strips, pipettes, vials, and small labels).
5. Reflect on how it went.
