The social-material performance of cozy interiority

Jeppe Trolle Linnet (1)

1 Department of Marketing and Management

Based on ethnographic observations and interviews in cafés in Copenhagen, and online descriptions in which users review their experience of cafés, this paper focuses on how materiality and sociality inter-relate to constitute a relaxed, pleasant sense of atmosphere: that which in Denmark as known as "hygge". Specific attention is given to material structures and social practices that create a sense of interiority.

Mots clés: atmosphere; coziness; interiority; sociality; materiality

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace; Sociologie

Jeppe Trolle Linnet. The social-material performance of cozy interiority. Ambiances in action / Ambiances en acte(s) - International Congress on Ambiances, Montreal 2012, Sep 2012, Montreal, Canada. pp.403-408. ⟨halshs-00745538⟩