TY - JOUR AU - Veiden, Pål PY - 2005/01/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Hjemløs lukt JF - Sosiologi i dag JA - SID VL - 35 IS - 1 SE - Artikler DO - UR - https://ojs.novus.no/index.php/SID/article/view/893 SP - AB - In this article it is argued that the dogma of "social construction" has little meaning concerning smell. Smell is basically a personal experience, and the social phenomena connected to it - like class or ethnicity - are rather obvious. Indeed, the sociology of smell covers everything and nothing. I conclude by saying that smell is probably better discussed as literature or psychology, and is - in contrast to most sociological questions - not necessarily open to so-called "further research". ER -