The category of time is one of basic forms
we use to create, shape and order our daily lives.
we use to create, shape and order our daily lives.
There is no fairyland where people experience time in a way that is markedly unlike the way in which we do ourselves, where there is no past, present and future, where time stands still, or chases its own tail, or swings back and forth like a pendulum ... There are only other clocks, other schedules to keep abreast of, other frustrating delays, happy anticipations, unexpected turns of events and long stretches of grinding monotony.
– Alfred Gell, The Anthropology of Time
– Alfred Gell, The Anthropology of Time