Affect theory and the concept of atmosphere
Journal article
Brown, Steven D., Kanyeredzi, Ava, McGrath, Laura, Reavey, Paula and Tucker, Ian (2019). Affect theory and the concept of atmosphere. Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory. 20 (1), pp. 5-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910x.2019.1586740
Authors | Brown, Steven D., Kanyeredzi, Ava, McGrath, Laura, Reavey, Paula and Tucker, Ian |
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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 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’. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article to be published by Taylor & Francis in Distinktion. It will be available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1600910X.2019.1586740 |
Keywords | Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory |
Journal citation | 20 (1), pp. 5-24 |
Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
ISSN | 1600-910X |
2159-9149 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910x.2019.1586740 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1600910X.2019.1586740 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 05 Apr 2019 |
02 Jan 2019 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 28 Jan 2019 |
Accepted | 22 Jan 2019 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/86703
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