Spacetime Social Sciences

The study of how human societies understand, represent, and are shaped by concepts of space and time, from ancient calendars to modern time zones to the weird feeling that time speeds up as you age. It examines why different cultures have different relationships with punctuality (some see time as a line, others as a circle, others as a suggestion), how space and time structure social life (work here, live there, do it now, not later), and what happens when our technologies collapse spacetime (instant global communication means you can be harassed by your boss from anywhere, at any time—thanks, progress).