Time and Change
Studying People’s Perception of Time during Social Change
By Muhammad Aurang Zeb Mughal (ed.)
Awaiting admissions.
Studying People’s Perception of Time during Social Change
Anthropology of Time is a domain
being studied usually under cultural anthropology
and this has progressively gained some attention
in the past two decades. Perception of Time or
sometimes termed as temporality refers to what
people think about the nature and reality of Time
whether it is contextual or non-contextual, linear
or cyclical, reversible or irreversible, an
absolute entity or relative, a resource or
invisible phenomena, and what other obvious
attributes Time possesses. In each culture there
is specific social organization of Time that
speaks about the particular socio-economic life of
that culture. Therefore, studying the methods used
to measure Time, allocation of Time for different
activities, beliefs and attitudes towards time in
a culture, provides a full picture of the system
in terms of its behavioral traits and
sustainability.
Whenever Social Change is about to take place in a society, it changes the people’s perception of Time in that society along with other behavioral and structural reforms. As perception of Time is directly linked with the roots of the system thus society may resist any change in its Time concepts. This attitude represents the strength of the old order of the society and people’s fear against the new organization of Time. This will lead to new concepts of social, cultural and economic life. Therefore, studying the changing attitude towards Time gives a better understanding of strength and direction of change and this also involves other interesting and related issues on the timing of change.
This issue aims to analyze and document the indigenous Time concepts and the undergoing alteration in these concepts as a result of social change, and discussing the theories of time and social change leading to the normative aspects of the phenomena. Submissions from all over the world based on the fieldwork in the communities under transition are invited with indigenous terms and folklore used for the time along with their cultural interpretation.
Whenever Social Change is about to take place in a society, it changes the people’s perception of Time in that society along with other behavioral and structural reforms. As perception of Time is directly linked with the roots of the system thus society may resist any change in its Time concepts. This attitude represents the strength of the old order of the society and people’s fear against the new organization of Time. This will lead to new concepts of social, cultural and economic life. Therefore, studying the changing attitude towards Time gives a better understanding of strength and direction of change and this also involves other interesting and related issues on the timing of change.
This issue aims to analyze and document the indigenous Time concepts and the undergoing alteration in these concepts as a result of social change, and discussing the theories of time and social change leading to the normative aspects of the phenomena. Submissions from all over the world based on the fieldwork in the communities under transition are invited with indigenous terms and folklore used for the time along with their cultural interpretation.
By Muhammad Aurang Zeb Mughal (ed.)
Awaiting admissions.