We live in atmospheres, we talk about them and we move through them.
They offer us an important route into comprehending several aspects of
human life and experience, what is important to people, the environments
life is played out in, and the processes of change and possible futures.
Atmospheres are an ephemeral yet inescapable element of our everyday
experiential and conceptual environments. They are continually beyond
our grasp as they undergo constant transformation.
By interrogating atmospheres, this book arrives at new ways of thinking
about the relationships between people, space, time and events.
Atmospheres and the Experiential World explores the ways we engage
with these affective modes, and the possibilities they offer for
researchers, designers and policy-makers to make and intervene in the
world.
Chapters propose an approach to atmospheres that is not fixed to certain
forms or boundaries. Instead, this book argues that atmospheres should
be conceptualised as dynamic and changing configurations that allow
analytical insight into a range of topics when we think in, about and
through them. This book offers scholars, designers and creative
practitioners, professionals and students a research-based way of
understanding and intervening in atmospheres.