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The Atmospheric City explores how people make sense of the feelings they get in and of urban spaces. Based on ethnographic fieldwork of everyday life in Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm, it focuses on the atmospheric power of people, places, and phenomena.
List of contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
- Introduction
Towards a porous way of thinking
The life-oriented city
Atmospheric spaces
Attuning to atmospheres
Exploring the atmospheric city
Outline of the book
- Attuned relations: The sociality of atmospheres
Chasing resonance
Solitude in the atmospheric city
Being alone together
Dissonant encounters
Quiet and loud: Crowds and atmospheres
Conclusion
- Embraced by the city: Feeling the urban environment
Atmospheric design
Feeling the atmospheres of urban design
The affective qualities of things
Environments of atmospheres past
Weathering the atmospheric city
Conclusion
- Moving through atmospheres: Mobility and attunement
Moved by design
Perceiving through movement
Moving in practice
Moving among others
Conclusion
- Cities of care: Nurturing atmospheres
Care in the atmospheric city
Building care
Atmospheres of care
Zones of comfort
Knowing the city, feeling for the city
Caring for plurality
Conclusion
- The future of the atmospheric city
Bibliography
About the author
Mikkel Bille is Professor of Ethnology at the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen.
Siri Schwabe is Assistant Professor at the Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University.
Summary
The Atmospheric City explores how people make sense of the feelings they get in and of urban spaces. Based on ethnographic fieldwork of everyday life in Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm, it focuses on the atmospheric power of people, places, and phenomena.
