Comparing the worth of the while in Fiji and Finland / Matti Eräsaari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eräsaari, Matti, author.

Series:

British Academy monograph.

British Academy scholarship online.

A British Academy monograph

British Academy scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time perception--Social aspects--Finland--Case studies.

Time perception.

Time perception--Social aspects--Fiji--Case studies.

Time management--Finland--Case studies.

Time management.

Time management--Fiji--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 132 pages) : maps (black and white).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

'Clock time', which denotes particular ways of valuing temporal duration, is typically associated with monetary worth or labour. From this follows so-called thrifty attitudes towards the passing of time, which is construed as a resource that can be 'wasted' or 'saved'. This title, however, presents comparative case studies of clock time in Fiji and Finland to reconsider the other values that it is capable of expressing, beyond monetary worth. By comparing two such dissimilar case studies - and drawing on examples as diverse as the Fijian hospitality industry and peripheral waiting and Finnish academic time management - Erasaari foregrounds time's capacity to act as a sign and measure of other values.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on December 13, 2023).

ISBN:

1-80596-091-1

0-19-889001-X

0-19-199565-7

OCLC:

1415749650