Bittersweet news this morning, I awoke to new that the publication of the journal paper I had the privilege of working on with a outstanding academic and great friend Victoria Henshaw just before she tragically passed away has been published. It was a real honour to work on this paper, and a real sense of loss that we will not get to work again together. I should add a massive thanks to amazing Dr Jenna Condie and Dr Sarah Payne for stepping in at the last moment to help get this paper finished in Victoria's memory.Smell and Sound brought together!!! have a read...what's not to like!Here is the abstract...

This paper examines the role of sensory expectation in people’s experiences and perceptions of a range of different urban environments in English towns and cities by focussing upon those related to smell and sound specifically. It draws from two separate but related sensewalking studies undertaken between 2004 and 2009: one exploring urban smell experiences, the other examining urban sound experiences. In drawing from, and comparing the findings of these two studies, sensory expectations are argued as highly influential in urban place experience and perception, providing different layers of meaning and understanding of place, and presenting challenges and opportunities for architects and urban designers when creating more human-centred places in the city. In addition, perceptions of the smells and sounds themselves are revealed as highly influenced by the environmental context within which they are, or are not, detected. As a result, the authors advocate a more proactive approach to the consideration of smells and sound information when designing and managing urban sensory environments.You can read the full paper online here.

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