alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Environment@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 months agoWas Van Gogh an environmentalist ahead of his time?yaleclimateconnections.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkWas Van Gogh an environmentalist ahead of his time?yaleclimateconnections.orgalyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Environment@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square1fedilink
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat raises an interesting point, reminds me of the recent mockery on Twitter X of certain PhD thesis: https://www.forbes.com/sites/callumbooth/2024/12/02/the-online-reaction-to-the-politics-of-smell-phd-examined/ We often force our own preconceptions of smell, noise, and other sensory contexts, when reading or looking at past works, missing the original intent.
That raises an interesting point, reminds me of the recent mockery on
TwitterX of certain PhD thesis:https://www.forbes.com/sites/callumbooth/2024/12/02/the-online-reaction-to-the-politics-of-smell-phd-examined/
We often force our own preconceptions of smell, noise, and other sensory contexts, when reading or looking at past works, missing the original intent.