Hsuan L. Hsu

Hsuan L. Hsu, an academic in English and environmental humanities who studies smell and sensory justice. He explores how scent shapes memory, racialized breathing, and diasporic connection. He discusses art and literature that use olfaction to imagine alternative, more equitable worlds. The conversation highlights speculative and reparative uses of smell across fiction, installations, and cultural practices.

Hsuan L. Hsu, Professor of English working at the intersections of environmental humanities, sensory studies, and critical ethnic studies. He explores smellscapes and how scent carries memory, race, and colonial histories. He discusses diasporic scents, speculative olfaction in fiction and art, toxic and extractive odor contexts, and how scent can reimagine more just atmospheres.

Explore the cultural, environmental, and societal impact of air conditioning, its influence on everyday life and racial inequality. Discover the representations of air conditioning in literature and film, its complexities in museums, and the need to rethink its environmental impact. Delve into future projects on temperature, smell, and world-making, highlighting the potential of smell for historical exploration and interspecies communication.