NATV 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Industrial Revolution, First Nations, Hunter-Gatherer
19 Oct 2018
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Friday, oct. 5th: first nations have a different pace (more slowly) than europeans, time is everywhere (phones, microwaves, computers etc. ) From industrial revolution, artisanal, peasant system was different: artisanal: farmers didn"t need to follow time very closely they worked when they wanted to. In order to keep the cost down everyone needs to start at the same time: suddenly time became a huge thing (prior to the 1700"s people were not that aware of time) Modern sense, computers, communications: we grew up with it, taught by the world around you that time is important, without time our modern world would not work. Lateness seen as deviant: consequences, embarrassment, everyone wants to be fashionably late". Spend time, save, earn, do, waste commodity: daylight savings (earn of lose an hour, procrastinating. Clocks everywhere: not as many now, master clocks with technology we have money instead of having clocks. We like change and plan for it.
