Last time we discussed how the idea of progress as a particular way of relating to the future was developed; this time we’re going to shift our attention to the hollowing out of progress and the rise of what Geoffrey Bowker calls an eternal, synchronised present. We’ll draw on Geof’s contribution to a special issue of History and Theory on multiple temporalities to see how such conceptualisation of the present is reliant upon various infrastrucutural developments, and how it’s still likely to remain incomplete.
The meeting will take place at 18.00 on the 17th December 2015. Incidentally, this is also the last meeting with Susanne, who is moving next month to Oslo to start a job at TiK. Please join us for a farewell drink at 20.00 at the kitchen (PEG 3G 204).