Earlham College, Richmond, IN.
Am Anthropol. 2011;113(4):606-18. doi: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2011.01373.x.
Here I explore how the experience of place at a First Nations reserve in Ontario, located in the middle of Canada's "Chemical Valley," is disrupted by the extraordinary levels of pollution found there. In so doing, I give special attention to air pollution and residents' responses to associated odors - that is, to the sense of smell. Focusing on a unique feature of smell - that it operates primarily through indexicality - I draw on C. S. Peirce's semiotic framework to highlight ways in which perception of odors entails embodiment of the perceived substance, thus connecting self and surroundings in profound and transformative ways. Ultimately, I argue that the local smellscape, while having reinforced a sense of positive emplacement on the reserve in the past, is now, because of the constant presence of toxic fumes, instilling in residents a profound sense of alienation from the ancestral landscape - a condition I call "dysplacement."
在这里，我探讨了安大略省第一民族保留地的场所体验是如何被那里发现的极高水平的污染所破坏的。在这样做的过程中，我特别关注空气污染和居民对相关气味的反应——也就是嗅觉。我专注于嗅觉的一个独特特征——它主要通过索引性运作——我借鉴了 C.S.皮尔斯的符号学框架，强调了嗅觉感知如何需要感知物质的具体化，从而以深刻和变革性的方式将自我与周围环境联系起来。最终，我认为，当地的气味景观，虽然在过去增强了对保留地的积极定位感，但由于有毒烟雾的持续存在，现在让居民对祖传景观产生了一种深深的疏离感——我称之为“错位”。
