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Title: | The experience and perception of duration in three contemporary performances | ||||||
Author: | Layton, James R. |
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0000 0004 6058 1695
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Awarding Body: | University of Chester | ||||||
Current Institution: | University of Chester | ||||||
Date of Award: | 2016 | ||||||
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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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Supervisor: | Waite, Julian ; Harrop, Peter | Sponsor: | Not available | ||||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.704997 | DOI: | Not available | ||||
Keywords: | Performance ; Experience of time ; Perception of time | ||||||
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