Scents of Place: The Dysplacement of a First Nations Community in Canada
ABSTRACT 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 a...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1548-1433.2011.01373.x 2024-06-02T08:06:40+00:00 Scents of Place: The Dysplacement of a First Nations Community in Canada Jackson, Deborah Davis 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1433.2011.01373.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1548-1433.2011.01373.x https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1548-1433.2011.01373.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor American Anthropologist volume 113, issue 4, page 606-618 ISSN 0002-7294 1548-1433 journal-article 2011 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1433.2011.01373.x 2024-05-03T10:58:01Z ABSTRACT 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.” Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Wiley Online Library Canada American Anthropologist 113 4 606 618 |
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ABSTRACT 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.” |
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