A theory of temporal telepresence
Reconsidering the digital time collapse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4356221 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carl Öhman (0000-0002-8887-5324, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1061-1081 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Time & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-463X • E-ISSN: 1461-7463 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0961463x20940471 |
| OpenAlex | W3044042066 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 45 |
This article focuses on the concept of 'time collapse' commonly used within scholarship on digital memory. Despite its intuitive appeal, I claim that the notion of a collapsed time leaves considerable room for conceptual ambiguity, which in turn hampers a deeper ethical analysis of the topic. In view of this ambiguity, the present article sets out to provide analytical rigor to, and thus unpack the ethical dimensions of, the notion of time collapse. Pursuing this goal, I introduce the concept of temporal friction, denoting informational resistance that makes moments of time perceivable as separate for an embodied epistemic agent. I argue that the concept of temporal friction offers a more flexible and precise interpretation of collapsed time, and draw on two examples - search warrants and the so-called digital remains - to illustrate its ethical significance
Ambiguity · Appeal · Cognitive science · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Political science · Reflective equilibrium · Resistance (ecology · Scholarship · Sociology · Temporality · Computer Science · Cybernetics and Technology in Society · Digital Media and Philosophy · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |