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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Smell But Were Afraid To Ask
Joseph 'Jofish' Kaye
Tue Jan 16 thru Fri Jan 19, 10:30am-01:00pm, E15-335
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)

An overview of social, neurological, physiological, and informational qualities of smell. Topics include How We Smell, How to Make Smells, Smell & Learning, Smell & Sleep, Smell & Sex, The Rise of Perfumery, Plague, Disease & Smell, Smell in Films, Literature, and Computers including Sensorama, Smell-o-Vision and Aromarama, and my current research on 'smicons': smell as an abstract icon.
Web: http://www.media.mit.edu/~jofish/projects/smellcourse/
Contact: Joseph 'Jofish' Kaye, E15-468
Sponsor: Media Arts & Sciences
Latest update: 04-Nov-2000

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