Sterling Jones is one of the contributors to the first volume of Alabastron Journal, a scent culture publication created by The Institute of Art and Olfaction. She wrote about her experience and culture as a Black Southern woman and how Scent embraces Black American communities in the South. She explores olfaction’s role in culture, community, and the formation of self in Black Southern Olfaction Culture in the United States.
Other co-authors include Se Young Au, Alisa Banks, T.H. Charles, Leyla De Molina, Chanelle Dupuis, Trista Edwards, Dana El Masri, Ryan Hanley, Razan Idris, Ezra-Lloyd Jackson Coltrane McDowell, Alessandra Mondin, Leanne Munyori, Manon Raffard, Mojca Ramšak, Mansi Shah, Chach Sikes, Jayanthan Sriram, Maki Ueda. Co-edited by Nuri McBride and Saskia Wilson-Brown.
Published by The Institute for Art and Olfaction (IAO), a non-profit organization devoted to access, education, and experimentation with scent.
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