Affect theory and the concept of atmosphere

被引:27
作者
Brown, Steven D. [1 ]
Kanyeredzi, Ava [2 ]
McGrath, Laura [2 ]
Reavey, Paula [3 ]
Tucker, Ian [2 ]
机构
[1] Open Univ, Business Sch, Michael Young Bldg,Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Bucks, England
[2] Univ East London, Sch Psychol, London, England
[3] London South Bank Univ, Sch Appl Sci, London, England
来源
DISTINKTION-JOURNAL OF SOCIAL THEORY | 2019年 / 20卷 / 01期
关键词
Feelings; Gernot Bohme; attunement; tuned space; stimmung; forensic mental health services; affordances; SPACE;
D O I
10.1080/1600910X.2019.1586740
中图分类号
C91 [社会学];
学科分类号
030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
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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