Affect theory and the concept of atmosphere
Abstract
The concept of atmosphere is a way of emplacing affect and affect theory. Work in contemporary social geography has done much to demonstrate how elemental forces become enveloped in atmospheres. However, it tends to under-theorise the role of historically structured socio-cultural forces and the modes of engagement of persons with the atmospheric. In this paper we identify core themes in the literature – the inbetweeness of atmospheres, tuning space, the folding of space-times and modes of engagement. We then develop these themes further through an encounter with work in anthropology, architecture and ecological psychology. Reflections on fieldwork in a medium-secure forensic psychiatric hospital are then used to illustrate the application of atmospheric thinking to a particular setting. We conclude with a call for a renewed ‘ontographic imagination’.
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Steven D. Brown, Ava Kanyeredzi, Laura McGrath, Paula Reavey, Ian M. Tucker (2019). Affect theory and the concept of atmosphere. Distinktion Journal of Social Theory. https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910x.2019.1586740
@article{d2019affect,
title = {Affect theory and the concept of atmosphere},
author = {Brown, Steven D. and Kanyeredzi, Ava and McGrath, Laura and Reavey, Paula and Tucker, Ian M.},
year = {2019},
journal = {Distinktion Journal of Social Theory},
doi = {10.1080/1600910x.2019.1586740}
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