Space and Time Constraints and Opportunities

We focus first on two omnipresent dimensions of human life: space and time. Their very pervasiveness, however, sometimes renders their precise influence elusive. It is not common to find them as chapter headings in books such as this one. Therefore, our gathering of knowledge under these headings as...

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Published inUsable Social Science p. 15
Main Authors Neil J. Smelser, John S. Reed
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of California Press 15.09.2012
Edition1
Subjects
Anthropology
Applied anthropology
Applied sciences
Behavioral sciences
Cognitive processes
Cognitive psychology
Communication systems
Communications
Communications technology
Cultural anthropology
Cultural diversity
Cultural studies
Decision making
Development studies
Digital communication systems
Economic costs
Economic costs and benefits
Economics
Engineering
Friendship
Globalization
Human geography
Human societies
International development
Internet
Interpersonal relations
Microeconomics
Offices
Path dependence
Psychology
Semiotics
Social movements
Social psychology
Social sciences
Sociology
Symbolization
Symbols
System effectiveness
Systems engineering
Technology
Usability
Work spaces
Workplaces
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Summary:We focus first on two omnipresent dimensions of human life: space and time. Their very pervasiveness, however, sometimes renders their precise influence elusive. It is not common to find them as chapter headings in books such as this one. Therefore, our gathering of knowledge under these headings as organizing principles for usable knowledge is unorthodox and sometimes speculative, but also, we hope, novel at times. We notice initially an apparent paradox. Time and space can be regarded as both universal and unyielding but at the same time manipulable by humans and therefore culturally and socially variable. They are universal in
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