Atmospheres in Urban Light

The territoriality of atmosphere: Rethinking affective urbanism through the collateral atmospheres of Lisbon’s tourism

“…The collateral atmospheres of Lisbon unveil the territorial dimension of atmospheres. They are not only a manifestation of the manyness, plurality, multiplicity, or unpredictability of atmospheres (Buser, 2017;Edensor, 2012;Massumi, 2009; PAIVA AND SANCHEZ | 401 Sumartojo et al, 2019); they also demonstrate how the production of atmospheres entails a claim for space that often has fuzzy spatial and temporal boundaries. The overflowing of the sensory elements that compose atmospheres can collide with other atmospheres and territories in multiple ways when they trespass these fuzzy boundaries.…”

“…From this perspective, atmospheres cannot be themselves designed, it is only possible to design the material conditions and performative circumstances for the emergence of atmospheres (Sumartojo et al, 2019;Sumartojo & Pink, 2018). For instance, Michels and Steyaert (2017) demonstrate that atmospheric production includes as much "design" as it includes "accident."…”

“…Although most authors now agree that it is not possible to predetermine, control, or predict other people's experiential worlds (Sumartojo et al, 2019), several spaces attempt to do precisely this, often as a strategy in the construction of commercialised spaces (Edensor & Sumartojo, 2015). It has been noted that atmospheric production has been a goal for architects and designers for a long time, and some scholars have been concerned with the skilled practices of designing and curating spaces that underpin the creation of atmospheres in places such as airports (Adey, 2014), shopping malls (Miller, 2014), stadiums (Edensor, 2015), or public space (Edensor & Sumartojo, 2015).…”

Robots in public spaces: implications for policy design

“…The introduction of robots in public spaces and the likely expansion of their activities and numbers will have implications for public safety and for human productive capabilities within those spaces. In addition, the presence of robots will change the look and feel of those spaces, the complex set of conditions that establish the "atmospheres" within them (Edensor and Sumartojo 2015;Sumartojo, Edensor, and Pink 2019), and by extension how people make sense of and value those shared spaces.…”

“…Ethical concerns have also long been a primary concern in policy analysis (Mintrom 2012). Questions of esthetics have been less commonly discussed by policy scholars, although they have certainly been apparent in discussions of urban design (Jacobs 1961;Kunstler 1994;Sumartojo, Edensor, and Pink 2019). Questions of co-design and co-creation have received more attention by public policy and public management researchers in recent years (Alford 2014, Mintrom andLuetjens 2016;Osborne, Radnor, and Strokosch 2016).…”