When Crisis Is Experienced as Continuity. Materialities of Time in Haiti

By Erin B. Taylor
English

This paper explores various ways in which time is experienced and practiced by Haitians living on the Dominican-Haitian border. By examining different kinds of temporal practices and viewpoints, the author questions the assumption that the earthquake of January 2010 has brought a significant break with the past and shows that rather than an isolated and unique rupture, crisis is a relatively constant feature of historical experience. The ways that people communicate their biographies and imagine their futures reflect this temporal continuity.

Keywords

  • Time
  • Modernity
  • Caraibs
  • Crisis
  • Haiti
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