In this paper, we explore atmospheric practices in future-making labs. We link future-making with the conceptual perspective of the atmosphere. Based on an ethnographic study of a city’s civic engagement process, we show how atmospheric practices and future-making influence each other in labs. While at the beginning of the civic engagement process, the atmospheric practices were both enablers and barriers for future-making, they became enablers increasingly over time. By aligning material artifacts with the abilities of people, a future-making atmosphere evolved, enabling actors to become future-makers. In analyzing atmospheric practices around future-making in labs, these findings contribute to the literature on the atmosphere, future-making, and labs.    «

In this paper, we explore atmospheric practices in future-making labs. We link future-making with the conceptual perspective of the atmosphere. Based on an ethnographic study of a city’s civic engagement process, we show how atmospheric practices and future-making influence each other in labs. While at the beginning of the civic engagement process, the atmospheric practices were both enablers and barriers for future-making, they became enablers increasingly over time. By aligning material artifa...    »