Browsing by Subject "time"
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Technologies of Time : Time Standardization and Response in Britain, 1870-1900
Between 1870 and 1900 systems of communication and transportation such as the railway and telegraph presented a new landscape in which discussions about time took place in Britain. The practical issues of railway punctuality, ... -
THROUGH CHORA: CREATING "RECEPTACLE OF BECOMING" AS MEDIATOR OF THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE POST-INDUSTRIAL SITE IN VANCOUVER, FALSE CREEK FLATS
(2014-08-19)Plato’s concept of “Chora” is defined as the interval between “being” and “becoming,” which he interprets as a “receptacle of becoming,”. This paper seeks to examine the inherent Chora of False Creek Flats, a post-industrial ... -
Together in the Crowd of Time: Temporal Decentering and Ethical Action in David Mitchell’s The Bone Clocks
(2020-08-18)In The Bone Clocks, the novelist David Mitchell demonstrates how crowded time leads to the interruption of self-centred temporal flows, creating moments of collision between the self and others, and sparking points of ...