Subtitle: thoughts on battling odours with spectres. Two things coincided recently to teach me an overdue life lesson. Firstly, I applied for a job and failed to even get an interview… and, secondly, I helped hunt down and isolate a rat plague. This post is all about smelling the rats (of patriarchy and privilege) and what to do about it. On the morning of a highly successful conference and exhibition, the finale of a year long research focus on ‘Technologies of Memory and Af