Exploring atmospheres ethnographically
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Exploring atmospheres ethnographically
(Anthropological studies of creativity and perception)
Routledge, 2020
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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"First issued in paperback 2020"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The notion of atmosphere has always been part of academic discourse, but often refers to something vague and diffuse - a phenomenon connected with our affective engagement with the world that is difficult to grasp. This volume develops and refines the concept of atmosphere, seeking to render it productive for anthropological and social scientific research by bringing together a range of original ethnographic studies in combination with investigation of the use of the term in language. The chapters examine dimensions of atmosphere through topics of interdisciplinary concern, such as learning and the acquisition of skills, the experience of place, affect and mood, multi-species relations and the perception of weather and environment - whether in natural landscapes, medical and educational settings, homes or creative contexts - Exploring Atmospheres Ethnographically analyses the relational and transformational processes through which people perceive, experience and live in a moving atmospheric world. As such, it will appeal to scholars of anthropology, sociology, geography and cultural studies with interests in space and place, sensory ethnography and affect.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction - Thinking Through Atmospheres 2. Hauptschule: Atmospheres of boredom and ruination 3. The making of pub atmospheres and George Orwell's Moon Under Water 4. Vapours in the sphere: Malaria, atmosphere and landscape in wet lands of Agro Pontino, Italy 5. Senses of being: The atmospheres of listening to birds in Britain, Australia and New Zealand 6. "A feeling for birds": Tuning into more-than-human atmospheres 7. Making charismatic ecologies: Aquarium atmospheres 8. Waves of Experience: Atmosphere and Leviathan 9. From affective encounters to wearable forms: Fashion design pedagogy and the creation of atmosphere 10. Living atmospheres: Air, breath, song and mutual constitution in experimental theatre 11. The harsh smell of scentless art: on the synaesthetic gesture of hospital atmosphere 12. On the Dynamic and Duration of Atmosphere: Sounding out New Phenomenology through Music at China's margins
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