Public scholar: Jayanthan Sriram
What is the role of perfumes in the creation and discrimination of identities and how is their creation connected to a novel relation between aesthetics and ethics?
Jayanthan Sriram (he/him) is a doctoral candidate in the Humanities program and a member of the Centre for Sensory Studies at Concordia. Supported by the German Academic Scholarship Fund, his research explores perfume and functional scenting as marker of race, class and gender.
Coupled with his work as the assistant to the editor for The Senses and Society Journal and the coordinator for the Explorations in Sensory Design research project, Jayanthan situates himself at the vanguard of young sensory studies scholars. His research aims to elevate the value and meaning of perfume in our everyday lives, highlight the work of perfumers and pose olfaction as exemplary of an aisthetical relationship with the world.
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English, German, Tamil