allylouks.bsky.social
Working on olfactory ethics and teaching at Cambridge. ‘One of those academic types who turn to books as a substitute for social interaction’.
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It is with great regret that I spend little time on this platform, but I am so glad to see that other people found that article as silly as I did.
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I would recommend Huang Xuelei’s work! Mine is largely focused on the Global North
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Maple is perhaps the most doted upon dog in the world. Thank you for asking about her!
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Lots of very exciting things are in the works though! ☺️
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As you might imagine, I’m also fielding a lot of emails, messages, press enquiries, and trying to keep up with all the comments all over the place (though that’s an impossible task), so I’m spread a bit thin at the moment, but doing my best to keep up!
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A little too early for my purposes but will definitely give it a read! Thank you for the suggestion :)
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This is new to me and I’m still learning!
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In this case, I think it’s an issue of methodology (and I’m puzzling over it myself) rather than terminology or lenses :)
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That I also refer to non-fiction prose is indicated by the use of ‘largely’ :)
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Over there, it has to be Dr Ally Louks
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This made me smile from ear to ear.
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I’m familiar with Jas’ work, but will have to look up Claire. Thank you for these suggestions! You work sounds absolutely brilliant - would love to talk when things die down a bit.
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There are multiple forms of disgust. I think the most pertinent here is moral disgust.
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Thank you, Barry!
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I promise you the latter required much less effort 😅
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I would love to see this.
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I wonder this too! ‘Layman’ is not derogatory and your insights are valid.
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Honestly, my survival mechanisms were not engaged.
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It is, in chapter 4.
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I make an argument about the specific value of literary smell studies in the thesis. Some of the texts I use are non-fiction (hence the term ‘prose’ rather than ‘fiction’). The answer to your third question is a straightforward ‘no’. The final question would need breaking down to give you an answer.
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Did you swallow a thesaurus before writing this?
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Thank you all for the warm welcome - it is much appreciated!
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3. For anyone who isn’t on X, my thesis is titled ‘Olfactory Ethics: The Politics of Smell in Modern and Contemporary Prose’. I’ll include the abstract here so everyone can see which texts I worked on and a summary of my ideas.
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2. I’m currently working on two postdoc projects: one on cultures of olfactory dysfunction and one on olfactory queerness. Any reading recommendations welcome for either! And can explain more (still just spread a bit thin at the moment)
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Hi! Thank you :) I have posted a tweet about this new account over there.
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There are so many congratulations in those numbers, they just don’t get as many likes as the less kind ones, so they filter to the bottom.
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I’m not sure there’s enough context in the world to establish why some people are mad at me!
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I was teaching phenomenological approaches to literature just the other day, so you’re absolutely right :)
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Hi Val! I hadn’t heard of this but am looking into it now! :)