Time a Tripartie Sociotemporal Model
This paper outlines and illustrates a model of sociotemporality based upon a tripartite paradigm using the concepts of linearity, cyclicity, and liminality as basic sociotemporal primes. The paper reviews the study of time in anthropology, arguing that much sociocultural anthropology has been concer...
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ftunivmassamh:oai:works.bepress.com:joel_halpern-1472 2023-05-15T16:55:04+02:00 Time a Tripartie Sociotemporal Model Halpern, Joel Christie, T L 1996-01-01T08:00:00Z https://works.bepress.com/joel_halpern/170 unknown SelectedWorks https://works.bepress.com/joel_halpern/170 Joel M. Halpern Anthropology Social and Cultural Anthropology text 1996 ftunivmassamh 2022-01-09T19:56:39Z This paper outlines and illustrates a model of sociotemporality based upon a tripartite paradigm using the concepts of linearity, cyclicity, and liminality as basic sociotemporal primes. The paper reviews the study of time in anthropology, arguing that much sociocultural anthropology has been concerned with studies focused "on time"—either based upon the analysis of time reckoning systems and concepts of time, or with the use of time as a parametric device to measure social change. The paper suggests that societies and social interaction must be situated "in time"—as processes located upon and determined by the temporal landscape. The application of the model utilizes ethnographic data on Canadian Inuit and South Slav peasants. Text inuit University of Massachusetts: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst |
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This paper outlines and illustrates a model of sociotemporality based upon a tripartite paradigm using the concepts of linearity, cyclicity, and liminality as basic sociotemporal primes. The paper reviews the study of time in anthropology, arguing that much sociocultural anthropology has been concerned with studies focused "on time"—either based upon the analysis of time reckoning systems and concepts of time, or with the use of time as a parametric device to measure social change. The paper suggests that societies and social interaction must be situated "in time"—as processes located upon and determined by the temporal landscape. The application of the model utilizes ethnographic data on Canadian Inuit and South Slav peasants. |
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