Olfactory Belongings: Contested Scents in Urban Publics (D08*)

• Subject Area: Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology
• Term: since 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 258523721

The anthropological project investigates negotiations of belonging in relation to scents and fragrances in urban publics. The project is based on ethnographic research on olfactory belonging in Istanbul and a migratory neighbourhood in Berlin. What role do contested scents play within social dynamics of power in their entanglement with diverse sensory aesthetics in these two urban contexts? The project seeks to analyse the sensual-aesthetic experiences, affects, and emotions of differently positioned actors in their struggles for social belonging and conviviality in urban publics.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1171: Affective Societies: Dynamics of Social Coexistence in Mobile Worlds
• Applicant Institution: Freie Universität Berlin
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Claudia Liebelt