Research on Affective Atmospheres and the Ecology of Perception in a Post-anthropocentric Perspective
Research on affective atmospheres has so far rarely attracted the attention of Russian anthropologists, but it has become the focus of this project. This area of scientific inquiry initially developed within the framework of the phenomenology of space and today interests a wide range of social researchers and specialists in applied fields such as urban planning, architecture, design, theater, and cinema. In the social sciences, this direction has become so significant that it has earned its own designation—the ‘atmospheric turn.’
Sergey Sokolovsky, the lead researcher of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology at the Russian Academy of Sciences, notes that the study of phenomenological research on affective atmospheres has influenced the development of many social and humanities disciplines and areas of applied knowledge. The results of his work may form the basis for courses for graduate and undergraduate students interested in anthropology. Today, such research is used by cultural theorists to rethink cultural theory, by sociologists for substantial clarifications of action concepts, by psychologists and psychotherapists in updated concepts of perception, emotions, and moods, and by media theorists to refine the essence and role of media as an environment.
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