Finding Time: Studying the Concepts of Time Used in Daily Life

Time is a fundamental dimension of human experience, but its study presents special challenges, including the methodological problems of how to get people to talk about time and how to recognize discourse and actions that reveal cultural conceptions of time. In addition to classic ethnographic appro...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Field methods 2004-02, Vol.16 (1), p.70-84
1. Verfasser:	Birth, Kevin K.
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Schlagworte:	Cognition Concepts Cultural Values Culture Ethnography Everyday life Global Local Relationship Globalization Metaphor Methodological Problems Methodology Research Methodology Social organization Space Space and Time Time Trinidad and Tobago Values
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