Measuring society's temporal synchronization via days of importance

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4356314
AutoresTriin Vihalemm (0000-0001-6773-1332, University of Tartu, autor correspondente), Halliki Harro-Loit (0000-0002-7375-5063, University of Tartu)
Ano2019
Volume28
Fascículo4
Páginas1333-1362
Data de publicação2019-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTime & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0961-463X • E-ISSN: 1461-7463
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0961463x17752555
OpenAlexW2782908997
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas39

This article approaches public holidays, anniversaries and other days of importance as temporal synchronization mechanisms of society through generating pauses and interrupting the routines and schedules of the daily lives of large groups of people. The authors explain the possibilities of the empirical measurement of the synchronization of pauses in society via sociological surveys, by asking about the personal celebration of particular days of importance and about celebration activities. The authors introduce two possible measurement methods of the pause synchronizing effect of days of importance. The first method is based on the people who celebrate a particular day of importance and the differences in the celebration across socio-demographic groups in society. The second method is based on the activities of celebration: how many people perform a particular activity and how socio-demographically differentiated the performance of that particular activity is. The authors also explain the framework for selecting days of importance based on different layers of the Gregorian calendar and the framework for categorizing celebration activities based on the estimation of the scope of the pause and interruption of daily routine they create. The methods are demonstrated based on the case of Estonian society and its calendar of days of importance, and the results of empirical analysis and discussion are considered in light of the desynchronization thesis of late modern societies and the disintegration of societies into temporal ghettos

Estonian · Linguistics · Scope (computer science · Social science · Sociology · Synchronization (alternating current · Synchronizing · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices