Paper short abstract:

How can techno-sensory ethnography be used to grasp hidden dimensions of domesticity? I will extend the role of atmosphere in the home to include that which is beyond normal human perception, that which can only be noticed and felt through technological enhancements of the human body.

Paper long abstract:

A home is as much defined by its flows as its walls. What flows in, out and through a home, and how does the beyond seep into the interiorities that are conceived as the domestic? How could we grasp these flows?

This presentation extend the discussions of atmosphere in human habitats to include dimensions that are beyond human perception, and that can only be noticed and felt through technological enhancements of the human body and its cognitive registers. It will explore hidden dimensions of domesticity. This methodological approach will be discussed as a kind of techno-sensory ethnography.

As part of this exploration I will also discuss the concept mundanisation, and address the importance of ignorance and perceptive filtering when establishing feelings of domesticity. I will then demonstrate how mundanisation as well as domesticity can be challenged through probing and techno-sensory experiments that might unveil even uncanny dimensions of the home.