ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors examine atmosphere as a spatial phenomenon and in relation to this, investigate how it may be researched spatially. They focus on research that set out to examine atmosphere in its connection to spatiality. The authors explore atmospheres in particular space-times, a familiar approach in both human geography and architecture scholarship. In the first half of 2017 they began a project funded by the City of Melbourne that explicitly set out to investigate the 'atmosphere' of Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market. By focusing on participants' experience of atmosphere, the authors are able to see how a whole configuration of memories, materialities, emotions and sensory experiences of the environment come together to create transient atmospheres in which particular sentiments or feelings are generated. The authors' experience of undertaking autoethnography with the noise transformation technologies and sounds was fundamental for their reflective approach to understanding participants' experiences of the transformation event.
