Time to Defy: The Use of Temporal Spaces to Enact Resistance
ISBN: 978-1-78743-168-3, eISBN: 978-1-78743-167-6
Publication date: 21 August 2017
Abstract
Rational time accompanies the onslaught of hyper-globalization. The Inuit of Arviat, Nunavut, paradoxically use rational time to resist rational time, setting aside temporal zones to protect Western cultural paradigms from impinging on their lives all of the time. Additionally, because temporal norms indicate membership in a group, doing time differently is one of the most effective ways in which to say “I’m not a part of your group!” While resisting rational clock-time, for example by walking off the job each day promptly at 4:59 pm, the Inuit of Arviat nevertheless have a myriad of clocks in their homes. This chapter explores their temporal resistance and the riddle of “why so many clocks in Arviat?”
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Citation
van den Scott, L.-J.K. (2017), "Time to Defy: The Use of Temporal Spaces to Enact Resistance", Oppression and Resistance (Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 48), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 137-155. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-239620170000048010
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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