Attending to Atmospheres: Bringing Disciplinary Differences into the Open

Presented as part of the Urban Futures Symposium, an RMIT panel of experts explore the ways that different disciplines conceive of and explore the 'atmospheres' that we are all part of.

By juxtaposing some of the leading work on atmospheres underway in RMIT University's DSC, COBL and STEM Colleges, the panel will highlight the different aspects, experiences and meanings of atmospheres that different research approaches draw out.

In doing so, it will encourage RMIT HDR candidates and other researchers to reflect on not only the atmospheres they ingest and contribute to, but how their own research shapes their perception and understanding of the world.

Moderated by Prof Lauren Rickards, Director of the Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, the panel will kick off with a series of short talks.

  • A/Prof Brett Carter – The science of atmospheres: Atmospheric sensing and the busyness and dynamics of our skies
  • Prof Priya Rajagopalan – Applied research on managing atmospheres: how does air and climate vary between spaces, why, and how can we positively vary it? Insights from building and construction
  • Margareta Windisch – Atmospheres as multiple and unjust: insights from social work research into uneven distribution of atmospheres and associated gendered differences in heat stress
  • Dr David Rousell – Atmospheres as sensed and taught: insights into children's detection and perceptions of atmospheric phenomena from Education research
  • Dr Julian Waters-Lynch – Affective atmospheres and the way we coexist: insights from Management Studies research on co-working

Speakers

  • A/Prof Brett Carter is a physicist in the School of Science, STEM College. An expert in space weather, Brett is Deputy Director of RMIT's SPACE Research Centre (Satellite Positioning for Atmosphere, Climate and Environment).
  • Prof Priya Rajagopalan is a building scientist with extensive experience in energy and indoor environmental quality of buildings and urban climatology. She is the Director of the Sustainable Building Innovation Lab (SBi Lab) and Associate Dean (Research and Innovation) in the School of Property, Construction, and Project Management within the Design and Social Context College.
  • Ms Margareta Windisch lectures in social work in the Design and Social Context College. She is an experienced sexual assault counsellor and has been an activist in many social movements with a particular passion for gender, class and climate change. As part of her PhD project, Margareta is investigating how older women experience heatwaves in urban environments. 
  • Dr David Rousell works across the fields of environmental and sustainability education, arts education, childhood studies, media studies, and the philosophy of education. A Senior Lecturer in Creative Education within the Design and Social Context College, David is a core member of the Creative Agency Lab and the Digital Ethnography Research Centre.
  • Dr Julian Waters-Lynch is a lecturer in innovation and entrepreneurship in the School of Management. Julian is interested in the impact of new technologies on work, organisation and society. His PhD examined these questions through an ethnography of the pioneering Coworking communities in Melbourne.

This panel discussion is part of RMIT University's Urban Futures Symposium, presented by the College of Design and Social Context (DSC) in collaboration with the Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform.

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