ABSTRACT
Though ubiquitous in our everyday language to describe forms of dense and enduring social connection, the investigation of queer scenes has proved somewhat elusive. Rather than assume particular intersections of people, practices, or places as queer, a sensory ethnographic approach requires researchers to consider how queerness manifests and materializes beyond the spectacle, antinormativity, or transgression often demanded of it. And much like scenes themselves, sensing queer space and time requires us to attune ourselves to their affective potential. In this chapter, the everyday lived realities that variously constitute a form of ordinary queerness highlight the importance of looking to queer space and time for those sensory resonances that, in turn, are made to matter to those who are invested in their emergence, maintenance, and their scholarly exploration. Thus, the conceptual and the methodological are necessarily entwined in the investigation and representation of everyday queer scenes.
