Urban Atmospheres between East and West

Exploring Affect, Identity, and Mobility

Edited By Jiawen Han, Federico De Matteis

Routledge, 2026

Urban atmospheres shape how we experience and understand the spaces we inhabit. Urban Atmospheres between East and West is the first collective work to explore this topic from an inter-cultural perspective, spanning diverse locations such as China, Malaysia, Japan, France, Italy, and Cyprus. This groundbreaking volume addresses the
need to foreground under-represented Eastern contexts while pairing them with resonant Western counterparts, offering a fresh lens on the dynamic interplay of culture and space.

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