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Natalie B is a Ph. D. researcher whose work spans across the fields of URBAN DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE and COGNITIVE SCIENCE. She was awarded a B.A. in Environmental Design (Université du Québec à Montréal) with a minor in Architecture (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow UK), and a M.Sc.A. in Planning / Urban Design (Université de Montréal). Her Master's thesis is about the power of smells to trigger various spatio-temporalities in the environment. She is pursuing a doctorate in Philosophy / Cognitive Science at UQÀM on the subject of the spatiotemporal perception shaped by the olfactory memory in order to develop a comprehensive compendium for the architect, the planner and the urban designer wishing to add the dimension of smells to their concept. She is based in Montréal (QC).
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Natalie B s'intéresse aux différents niveaux de réalité de l'environnement : modulations spatiales, paysages temporels, flux olfactifs, territoires mnémiques et structures perceptives. Elle détient un diplôme en ébénisterie, un baccalauréat en design de l'environnement option architecture (UQÀM / Strathclyde University) ainsi qu'une maîtrise en aménagement / design urbain (Université de Montréal). Son mémoire de maîtrise porte sur le pouvoir des odeurs à modeler la perception spatiotemporelle humaine : Le théâtre de la mémoire olfactive. Dans le but de dégager des pistes d'approche pour les architectes et autres designers de l'environnement intéressés à travailler avec la dimension olfactive, elle poursuit actuellement cette recherche dans le cadre d'un doctorat en philosophie / sciences cognitives à l'Université du Québec à Montréal.
Address: Montréal, Québec, Canada
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The environment unravels in a succession of moments. The experience that we can have of it depend... more The environment unravels in a succession of moments. The experience that we can have of it depends on the events that happen there, and the memories of our past experiences. Thus, in every instant a space is flooded with a complex assemblage of ambiances that we, in turn, make sense of. From that combination of sensory stimuli, the incessant flux of smells form a mobile and intangible topography. Drawing upon our memory, each smell perceived, consciously or not, has the power to shape and reshape the mnemonic scenes that we have stored. Smellscapes continually alter our perception of the spatiotemporal structure of our surroundings (Bouchard, 2013). In other words, we navigate the environment by passing through different past and expected places that our intellect envisions in our present in reaction to the smells we encounter. These scenes, that I call timescapes, are part of the theater of our olfactory memory.
Thesis Chapters by Natalie B
projet de thèse, doctorat en philosophie (concentration sciences cognitives)
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A presentation given at the British Psychological Society annual conference of the Consciousness ... more A presentation given at the British Psychological Society annual conference of the Consciousness and Experiential Psychology section, held on 2-3 September 2016 at University of Bristol (UK). The theme of the conference was about the phenomenology and psychology of the temporal experience. The visual part of this presentation is here: http://www.natalieb.ca/talks/natalieb_CEP2016_visual.pdf
The geometry of the environment is static, yet constantly flooded by various dynamic atmospheres; thus, it transmits a range of signals which are all possibilities for the individual to make sense of the space. Nonetheless, we perceive the world as we are willing to understand it and we call upon our memory —which encodes our experiences, our encounters, and other associations that we live in different places— unceasingly to act, to move. The reality of the environment is therefore shaped by the unstable ground of our memory which follows various temporal rhythms. Drawing upon our memory, the multiple fluxes of smells that create a mobile and intangible topography alter our perception of the spatiotemporal structure of the environment. In other words, we navigate the environment by passing through different past and expected places that our intellect envisions in our present in reaction to the smells we encounter. These scenes, that I call timescapes (paysages temporels), are part of the theater of our olfactory memory.
The environment unravels in a succession of moments. The experience that we can have of it depend... more The environment unravels in a succession of moments. The experience that we can have of it depends on the events that happen there, and the memories of our past experiences. Thus, in every instant a space is flooded with a complex assemblage of ambiances that we, in turn, make sense of. From that combination of sensory stimuli, the incessant flux of smells form a mobile and intangible topography. Drawing upon our memory, each smell perceived, consciously or not, has the power to shape and reshape the mnemonic scenes that we have stored. Smellscapes continually alter our perception of the spatiotemporal structure of our surroundings (Bouchard, 2013). In other words, we navigate the environment by passing through different past and expected places that our intellect envisions in our present in reaction to the smells we encounter. These scenes, that I call timescapes, are part of the theater of our olfactory memory.
projet de thèse, doctorat en philosophie (concentration sciences cognitives)
A presentation given at the British Psychological Society annual conference of the Consciousness ... more A presentation given at the British Psychological Society annual conference of the Consciousness and Experiential Psychology section, held on 2-3 September 2016 at University of Bristol (UK). The theme of the conference was about the phenomenology and psychology of the temporal experience. The visual part of this presentation is here: http://www.natalieb.ca/talks/natalieb_CEP2016_visual.pdf
The geometry of the environment is static, yet constantly flooded by various dynamic atmospheres; thus, it transmits a range of signals which are all possibilities for the individual to make sense of the space. Nonetheless, we perceive the world as we are willing to understand it and we call upon our memory —which encodes our experiences, our encounters, and other associations that we live in different places— unceasingly to act, to move. The reality of the environment is therefore shaped by the unstable ground of our memory which follows various temporal rhythms. Drawing upon our memory, the multiple fluxes of smells that create a mobile and intangible topography alter our perception of the spatiotemporal structure of the environment. In other words, we navigate the environment by passing through different past and expected places that our intellect envisions in our present in reaction to the smells we encounter. These scenes, that I call timescapes (paysages temporels), are part of the theater of our olfactory memory.