Consuming Atmospheres Designing, Experiencing, and Researching Atmospheres in Consumption Spaces

"A groundbreaking book that delves into the emerging field of sensory ethnography, offering a comprehensive approach to understanding atmospheres in various contexts, highlighting the importance of tactile, auditory, olfactory, and kinaesthetic sensations in shaping human experiences. It provides a solid theoretical foundation, then dives into practicalities, dissecting methods like sensory participation, soundwalks, and video walks, with case studies across urban, commercial, and cultural settings...The book's interdisciplinary approach is refreshing, because it integrates anthropology, sociology, psychology, geography, and cultural studies, acknowledging the multifaceted nature of atmospheres shaped by social, cultural, and environmental factors, and this broadens the understanding of sensory and atmospheric experiences."

Ana Margarida Silvestre Graça, Leisure Studies Journal