Smelly Knowledge

Smelly Knowledge is a written journey through the intersection of learning, education, philosophy, culture, and communities, drawing upon the past and looking to the future. It is predicated on the idea that the “getting of knowledge,” the quest for understanding, and the formation of learning communities and communities of practice, should be “smelly”: complex, difficult at times, deep, and meaningful.

The name of this blog is an homage to a line from Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode, “I Robot… You Jane.” The line is spoken by Rupert Giles, the librarian, with his gentle and hesitant mannerisms fully in place:

If it’s to last, then the getting of knowledge should be, uh, tangible, it should be… smelly.

See the first post, 18 August 2005’s Smelly Knowledge?, for a deeper and fuller explanation.