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Attuning to ambiguous atmospheres: Currents of air, discourse and time in a steel town

Erin Roberts Orcid Logo, Chris Groves Orcid Logo, Gareth Thomas Orcid Logo, Fiona Shirani Orcid Logo, Catherine Cherry Orcid Logo, Nick Pidgeon Orcid Logo, Karen Henwood Orcid Logo

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume: 49, Issue: 3, Start page: e12631

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How atmospheric pollution is perceived by urban dwellers has long been a topic of interest within geography and the social sciences, whether to draw attention to environmental injustices, to better understand the materialities and affects associated with polluted air, or to grasp how people ‘tune in...

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