First published in 1983, this book studies how people are tied together and yet isolated by hidden threads of rhythm and walls of time. Time is treated as a language, organizer, and message system revealing people's feelings about each other and reflecting differences between cultures.
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First published in 1983, this book studies how people are tied together and yet isolated by hidden threads of rhythm and walls of time. Time is treated as a language, organizer, and message system revealing people's feelings about each other and reflecting differences between cultures.
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First published in 1983, this book studies how people are tied together and yet isolated by hidden threads of rhythm and walls of time. Time is treated as a language, organizer, and message system revealing people's feelings about each other and reflecting differences between cultures.
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A must-have for understanding cultural perceptions of time.,
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This review is from: The Dance of Life: The Other Dimension of Time (Paperback)
This book blew my mind back when it was first released, and on third or fourth read, there is still so much information to be gleaned from it.Issues discussed: Appointments by time vs. being late because a friend in need is more important. Queueing for the bus vs. pushing and shoving to the front of the line. Needing closure vs. pigeon-holing a half-completed but unimportant task, often for months or even years. But most importantly, the book goes in great detail into how these cultural differences in the perception of time and sequence affect interactions between the races and between nations. I highly recommend Dance of Life not only for international travellers but also for anyone who has to deal with other cultures.
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Cultural explorations of time,
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In this book Hall explores how different cultures approach and integrate the concept of time into their lives. He explores in depth how the cultural differences can impact peoples interactions with each other, as well as how we can be more aware of the cultural differences as it pertains to temporal awareness. I felt that this book wasn't as dynamic as his previous works. I still got a lot out of it, but it did seem like he was rehashing a lot of his earlier work. I'd still recommend it, because he a lot of interesting perspectives to raise.
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Irritating Methodology, Extraordinary Insights,
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This review is from: The Dance of Life: The Other Dimension of Time (Paperback)
Hall seldom bothers to document, presents his musings as given, has constructed a system and world view which bears little relationship to accepted qualitatitive research in the social sciences. . . so why read this book? Because every chapter has an idea with unusual parallels either to developments in cognitive research, to human-computer interaction, or to linguistics, all of which came about post-publication! Astounding intuitions, oftentimes annoyingly documented.
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primary level culture, polychronic people, metaphysical time, micro time, manifest culture, polychronic time, sync time, profane time, open score, low context, informal culture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New Mexico, Latin America, Native Americans, North European, North Americans, Pueblo Indian, American Indian, John Evans, Lorenzo Hubbell, Spanish Americans, Stone Age, World War, Keams Canyon New!
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Some things are not easily bent to simple linear description. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
primary level culture, polychronic people, metaphysical time, micro time, manifest culture, polychronic time, sync time, profane time, open score, low context, informal culture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New Mexico, Latin America, Native Americans, North European, North Americans, Pueblo Indian, American Indian, John Evans, Lorenzo Hubbell, Spanish Americans, Stone Age, World War, Keams Canyon New!
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- Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis by Erich Fromm in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Divine Becoming: Rethinking Jesus and Incarnation by Charlene P. E. Burns in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sacred Time and the Search for Meaning by Gary Eberle in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Images and Empires: Visuality in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa by Paul S. Landau on page 229, and Back Matter
- The Origins of Cultural Differences and Their Impact on Management by Jack Scarborough on page 18, and page 270
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