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Smelling Machine History: Olfactory Experiences of Information Technology (April 2018)

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Technology and gender Smell; olfactory perception Technology and culture History of technology, as a discipline Computers and computing Research methods 20th century United States

This article analyses users' olfactory recollections of computers, based on large-scale, online inquiry material collected between 2002 and 2003 and in 2013. It discusses how olfactory experiences and recollections can be classified based on narration and the causes of odors. Furthermore, it explores the changes of olfactory recollections over the course of ten years, and deals with age and gender in these recollections and in their representations. This project develops new paths and possibilities for studying the cultural history of technology and the collection of research material, as well as the exhibition of the history of computing by examining the historical, cultural, political, and economic dimensions of sensations and senses.

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Authors & Contributors
Pursell, Carroll W.
Kate M. Miltner
Allyson C. DeMaagd
Fleming, Lee
Janine Schemmer
Julia Gül Erdogan
Journals
IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Technology's Stories
Technology and Culture
Technikgeschichte: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Technik und Industrie
Science, Technology and Human Values
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
Publishers
University Press of Florida
University of Pennsylvania Press
University of Chicago Press
The MIT Press
Harlan Davidson, Inc.
Blackwell Publishers
Concepts
Technology and culture
Technology and gender
History of technology, as a discipline
Computers and computing
Women in technology
Technology and society
People
Ashby, W. Ross
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
18th century
Places
United States
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Germany
Venice (Italy)
Institutions
California Institute of Integral Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
Georgia Institute of Technology
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