The experience and perception of duration in three contemporary performances
dc.contributor.advisor | Waite, Julian | en |
dc.contributor.advisor | Harrop, Peter | en |
dc.contributor.author | Layton, James R. | * |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-13T11:43:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-02-13T11:43:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-04 | |
dc.identifier | https://chesterrep.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10034/620372/James_Layton_0920365_Final_Thesis_postviva.pdf?sequence=9 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Layton, J. R. (2016). The experience and perception of duration in three contemporary performances. (Doctoral dissertation). University of Chester, United Kingdom. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10034/620372 | |
dc.description.abstract | I argue in this thesis that qualitative duration (viewed in opposition to the construct of quantitative clock-time) can be experienced through performance encounters that challenge smooth consumption. In a socially accelerated culture, where to do more in less time is the measure of a productive life, one’s connection with the ‘real’ time of duration is diminished. To challenge this premise, I have used an autoethnographic approach to explore an experience of duration conceived via the work of French philosopher Henri Bergson, who posits that “pure duration [is that which] excludes all idea of juxtaposition, reciprocal externality, and extension” (Bergson, 1903/1999, p. 26). In other words, Bergson asserts that duration defies quantitative measurement. I argue that the Bergsonian experience of duration offers a pause from social acceleration and effects a transformation for the spectator in the form of peak-experience, flow, and communitas. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Chester | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Performance | |
dc.subject | Experience of time | |
dc.subject | Perception of time | |
dc.title | The experience and perception of duration in three contemporary performances | |
dc.type | Thesis or dissertation | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2017-06-15 | |
dc.type.qualificationname | PhD | en |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Doctoral | en |
html.description.abstract | I argue in this thesis that qualitative duration (viewed in opposition to the construct of quantitative clock-time) can be experienced through performance encounters that challenge smooth consumption. In a socially accelerated culture, where to do more in less time is the measure of a productive life, one’s connection with the ‘real’ time of duration is diminished. To challenge this premise, I have used an autoethnographic approach to explore an experience of duration conceived via the work of French philosopher Henri Bergson, who posits that “pure duration [is that which] excludes all idea of juxtaposition, reciprocal externality, and extension” (Bergson, 1903/1999, p. 26). In other words, Bergson asserts that duration defies quantitative measurement. I argue that the Bergsonian experience of duration offers a pause from social acceleration and effects a transformation for the spectator in the form of peak-experience, flow, and communitas. | |
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