Exploring Atmospheres Ethnographically

Sara Asu Schroer is a social anthropologist based at the University of Oslo, Norway. Centred on empirical research in Europe, her work engages predominantly with environmental topics, e.g. conservation, domestication and hunting, as well as with questions of ethics and care in changing anthropogenic landscapes. Susanne Schmitt is an anthropologist and sensory ethnographer, interdisciplinary artist, and facilitator. She is a Fellow at the Research Institute for Sustainability in Potsdam, Germany.

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