Rural Temporal Practices

Future Time in Connemara

Bibliographic Data

ID4356327
AuthorsRicca Edmondson (corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume9
Issue2-3
Pages269-288
Publication date2000-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTime & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-463X • E-ISSN: 1461-7463
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0961463x00009002007
OpenAlexW2002156284
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited15

This article argues that, in contrast to common expectations about traditional societies, social practices in the rural West of Ireland cluster round a `communal time' oriented to the future, not the past. The article distinguishes between several `time-complexes' and `time-regimes' observed here; the significance of the future-orientation of the traditional regime is underlined by its connections with an implicit philosophical anthropology. Here, decisions and intentions have distinct tempos, structures and implications for interaction, contributing to an indigenous social order which both contrasts with and casts light on those in `core' European cultures

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