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"Time in Three Dimensions"
One of the more significant issues to emerge from the Anthropocene discourse has been the apparent incommensurability of human and natural history and the vastly different timescales involved. More generally, it raises critical questions about the very different way time is conceptualized in the natural sciences as opposed to the social sciences and humanities. This paper seeks to contribute to these issues and build bridges between the two disciplinary domains by foregrounding the materiality of time. It uses a partly allegorical approach inspired by Edwin Abbott’s nineteenth century novel Flatland to investigate a notion of three-dimensional of time. The paper argues for the concept of thick time, which emphasizes the importance of time as constituted by things, whereby things make time rather than exist within it. I also explore the implications of this for the role of narrative in archaeology.
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
12/04/2023 16:15 - 12/04/2023 17:45
Event venue:
Olshausenstraße 40, R. 13
24118 Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, all interested persons
Relevance:
local
Subject areas:
Cultural sciences, Geosciences, History / archaeology
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
10/17/2023
Sender/author:
Jan Steffen
Department:
Media and Public Outreach
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event75468
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