Carrie Jiang Deodorizing Shanghai: Stinky River and Infrastructural Risk This paper centers on the pollution treatment of Suzhou River in Shanghai from 1985 to 2010 through the lens of deodorization. Employing critical theories of media studies and infrastructure studies, I tap into the potential of smell as a medium, intertwined with environmental politics and urban planning, and critically approach the ways in which such a human sensorium functions not only as part of the urban infrastructure, but also as a…