Comparing the Worth of the While in Fiji and Finland

'Clock time', which denotes particular ways of valuing temporal duration, is typically associated with monetary worth or labour. Comparing the Worth of the While in Fiji and Finland, however, employs unique methodologies and case studies from Fiji and Finland to reconsider the wide range of values that it is capable of expressing.

List of contents

• Acknowlegements


• 1: Introduction: The Stuff of Time


• Part One: FIJI


• 2: Four Slices of Fiji Time


• 3: "Wasting time" the Veratan Way


• Part Two: FINLAND


• 4: Work and Time in the Finnish Academia


• 5: A While's Worth: "Exchanging" Time in Finland


• 6: Properties of Time?


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Matti Eräsaari is a socio-cultural anthropologist working at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His research interests range from food, funerals, and gifting, to time wasting and taxes. His current work deals with value quantification in Fiji, where Eräsaari has conducted the majority of his research. His previous publications include We Are the Originals: A Study of Value in Fiji (University of Helsinki, 2013) and Food Culture (Finnish Literature Society, 2016) co-edited with Katja Uusihakala.

Summary

'Clock time', which denotes particular ways of valuing temporal duration, is typically associated with monetary worth or labour. Comparing the Worth of the While in Fiji and Finland, however, employs unique methodologies and case studies from Fiji and Finland to reconsider the wide range of values that it is capable of expressing.

Product details

• Authors: Matti Er^D"asaari, Matti (Researcher Er^d'asaari, Matti (Researcher Erasaari, Matti Eräsaari
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2023
• EAN: 9780197267486
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726748-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: British Academy Monographs
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; SCIENCE / Time, Finland, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Fiji, Time (chronology), time systems & standards, Time (chronology), time systems and standards