They Took Out the Wrong Context

Uses of Time-Space in the Practice of Positioning

Bibliographic Data

ID2474693
AuthorsKevin M Leander (0000-0001-9849-0551, Vanderbilt University, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume32
Issue2
Pages188-213
Publication date2004-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthos (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-2131 • E-ISSN: 1548-1352
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/eth.2004.32.2.188
OpenAlexW2085619255
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited18

Time-space is not merely a backdrop to social interaction; rather, individuals use particular forms of time-space to discursively position themselves and others. This article analyzes how several adolescents interpreted a previous classroom interaction, which was rife with social positioning. Responding to a videotape of this interaction, the adolescents were in general agreement that one of them ("Latayna") acted "ghetto." An analysis of the interview data reveals how participants use typified forms of time-space, or particular chronotopes, in the practice of positioning. These chronotopes index the relative changeability of the social world, the possibilities of individual agency, and the relations of social and individual development. The analysis also makes visible how individual actors, including Latanya, creatively and strategically shape subjectivities by transforming and laminating diverse chronotopes

Agency (philosophy) · Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Media studies · Performance art · Position (finance) · Social practice · Social relation · Social science · Social space · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Art Education and Development · Computer Science · Educational Environments and Student Outcomes · History · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology · Social Psychology

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