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Liverpool academics scent workshops help prisoners remember their past
2025-04-27 00:45:05| Spiritual Career Counseling
Smell it, but dont stick your nose straight in it, says Michael OShaughnessy, pulling a small white card, sealed twice in ziplock bags, out of a metal chest. Waft it, close your eyes. Does it remind you of anything?OShaughnessy, an illustrator and senior lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, first began using smells with art students, asking them to develop projects and concepts based on scents because its a leveller.Youve got kids who are bright and they can run with design, illustration projects, he added. But this project in particular, I noticed that the clever kids didnt always respond more effectively than the kids who may be mixed ability.He was running a similar workshop for the public at Tate Liverpool when he was approached by a prison education provider, who asked if he would fancy trying to run one in jail. I was fascinated, he said. I really wanted to do it.Now, his prison workshops, named Perfume Stories, have been so successful that he has t...
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