Sensing dark places:creating thick descriptions of nocturnal time and rhythm

In their chapter in this book, Rupert Griffiths, Nick Dunn, and Élisabeth de Bézenac bridge between the human and non-human experiences of dark places. They discuss how the use of unattended sensor methods, photography, and walking can be used create thick descriptions of places after dark. By apprehending darkness in different ways, the descriptions move between systematic environmental observation, imaginative interpretation, and environmental and bodily rhythms and sensation. Through this, Griffiths, Dunn, and de Bézenac give expression to different nuances and values of darkness then reflect on how such knowledge of the lived experience of humans and non-humans might inform urban design strategies, where the urban environment is viewed as a more-than-human ecology