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We invite and encourage participants to join our Roundtable at Lisbon EASA 2020 on Time After Ethnographic TIme (R008). Participants are invited to speak to the topic initially for around 5 minutes each as a start to the subsequent discussion and potential panel exchanges; this will be followed by a more general collective discussion with spaces for questions. Below is our short abstract, and the long abstract can be found https://easaonline.org/conferences/easa2020/panels#8667 What does it mean to consider 'being in cultural time' ethnographically (Munn 1992)? How do we treat time as both epistemological category and ethnographic object? This roundtable invites short contributions which reflect on temporalities as ethnographic problems, resources, and analytics. Long Abstract: We invite participants to reflect on what it means to use a notion of being in cultural time ethnographically, and to consider how we treat time as both epistemological category and ethnographic object. Nearly 30 years have passed since Munn declared that 'people are in cultural time, not just conceiving or perceiving it' (1992: 110). Since then questions of time have been repeatedly explored by anthropologists to understand chronotopes/cultural rhythms/temporal registers as devices which orient both perspectives and actions. This roundtable focuses on time as an ethnographic rather than metaphysical problem. We solicit 5 minute contributions which address questions of ideologies, affects, and practices, and their relation to (different conceptions of) time, and contributions from those taking time and its manifestations (material, cultural, social) as their ethnographic object. Questions to consider may include but are not limited to: • How do different or incommensurable temporal registers manifest themselves within shared cultural spaces? • How do particular political, religious, or social acts orient themselves in relation to postulated pasts or futures? • How might the shared temporality of fieldwork inform ethnographic representations? • What temporal dimensions must we take into account in our ethnographic renderings of place? For more information and to submit a proposal to participate, please go to: https://easaonline.org/conferences/easa2020/panels#8667 We look forward to your proposals Martyn, Narmala, Helen Dr Martyn Wemyss Lecturer, BA Anthropology and Media and BA Anthropology and Sociology convener Anthropology Department, Goldsmiths, University of London +44 (0)20 7919 7800 ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/Anthropology-Matters * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * To unsubscribe please click here: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ANTHROPOLOGY-MATTERS&A=1 ***************************************************************