TY - JOUR
T1 - The territoriality of atmosphere
T2 - Rethinking affective urbanism through the collateral atmospheres of Lisbon’s tourism
AU - Paiva, Daniel
AU - Sánchez-Fuarros, Iñigo
N1 - CEECIND/03528/2018
PTDC/ART‐PER/32417/2017
UIDB/00472/2020
UIDP/00472/2020
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Among the plethora of studies on urban atmospheres, literature on atmospheric production has been almost exclusively focused on the inner spacetimes of produced atmospheres and has not explored what may happen at their spatial and temporal borders, despite the wide acknowledgement of the volatility of atmospheres. This paper draws on a year-long ethnographic observation of the tourism-related practices of atmospheric production in Lisbon (Portugal) and the protests against its unintended consequences. We expand the literature on atmospheric design, staging, and performance by introducing the concept of collateral atmospheres to describe the “other” atmospheres that emerge in the spaces and times beyond produced atmospheres. We show that the elements of produced atmospheres transform over space or time into collateral atmospheres, generating negative affective states that have an impact on neighbourhood relationships, personal and familiar well-being, and local identity. In this sense we argue that the production of atmospheres has a territorial dimension which has been neglected by the literature and must be accounted for in future research. We point to future directions to achieve this goal.
AB - Among the plethora of studies on urban atmospheres, literature on atmospheric production has been almost exclusively focused on the inner spacetimes of produced atmospheres and has not explored what may happen at their spatial and temporal borders, despite the wide acknowledgement of the volatility of atmospheres. This paper draws on a year-long ethnographic observation of the tourism-related practices of atmospheric production in Lisbon (Portugal) and the protests against its unintended consequences. We expand the literature on atmospheric design, staging, and performance by introducing the concept of collateral atmospheres to describe the “other” atmospheres that emerge in the spaces and times beyond produced atmospheres. We show that the elements of produced atmospheres transform over space or time into collateral atmospheres, generating negative affective states that have an impact on neighbourhood relationships, personal and familiar well-being, and local identity. In this sense we argue that the production of atmospheres has a territorial dimension which has been neglected by the literature and must be accounted for in future research. We point to future directions to achieve this goal.
KW - affect
KW - affective urbanism
KW - atmospheric production
KW - collateral atmospheres
KW - territory
KW - urban tourism
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UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000601319500001
U2 - 10.1111/tran.12425
DO - 10.1111/tran.12425
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099509580
SN - 0020-2754
VL - 46
SP - 392
EP - 405
JO - Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
JF - Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
IS - 2
ER -