Circumscribed time and porous time: Logics as a way of studying temporality

Melissa Mazmanian; Ingrid Erickson; Ellie Harmon

doi:10.1145/2675133.2675231

Circumscribed time and porous time: Logics as a way of studying temporality

Melissa Mazmanian, Ingrid Erickson, Ellie Harmon

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Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the notion of a temporal logic to characterize sets of organizing principles that perpetuate particular orientations to the lived experience of time. We identify a dominant temporal logic, circumscribed time, which has legitimated time as chunkable, single-purpose, linear, and ownable. We juxtapose this logic with the temporal experiences of participants in three ethnographic datasets to identify a set of alternative understandings of time-that it is also spectral, mosaic, rhythmic, and obligated. We call this understanding porous time. We posit porous time as an expansion of circumscribed time in order to provoke reflection on how temporal logics underpin the ways that people orient to each other, research and design technologies, and normalize visions of success in contemporary life.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CSCW 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	1453-1464
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450329224
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2675133.2675231
State	Published - Feb 28 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	18th ACM International Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2015 - BC, Canada Duration: Mar 14 2015 → Mar 18 2015

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Other	18th ACM International Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2015
Country/Territory	Canada
City	BC
Period	3/14/15 → 3/18/15

Keywords

Close Reading
Ethnography
Logics
Rhythm
Social Norms
Temporality

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Computer Networks and Communications

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Circumscribed time and porous time : Logics as a way of studying temporality. / Mazmanian, Melissa; Erickson, Ingrid; Harmon, Ellie.

CSCW 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2015. p. 1453-1464.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Mazmanian, M, Erickson, I & Harmon, E 2015, Circumscribed time and porous time: Logics as a way of studying temporality. in CSCW 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 1453-1464, 18th ACM International Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2015, BC, Canada, 3/14/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2675133.2675231

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