Awards

• Winner of Discover Great New Writers (Nonfiction) 2003
• Winner of Discover Great New Writers Award.

Overview

A brilliant and poetic exploration of the way that we experience time in our everyday lives. Why does time seem so short? How does women's time differ from men's? Why does time seem to move slowly in the countryside and quickly in cities? How do different cultures around the world see time? In A Sideways Look at Time, Jay Griffiths takes readers on an extraordinary tour of time as we have never seen it before. With this dazzling and defiant work, Griffiths introduces us to dimensions of time that are largely forgotten in our modern lives. She presents an infectious argument for other, more magical times, the diverse cycles of nature, of folktale or carnival, when time is unlimited and on our side. This is a book for those who suspect that there's more to time than clocks. Irresistible and provocative, A Sideways Look at Time could change the way we view time-forever.

Full Product Details

Author:   Jay Griffiths
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:   Jeremy P Tarcher
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9781585423064

ISBN 10:   1585423068
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   08 March 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Aligning Diverse Practices of Transdisciplinary for Sustainability: Introduction Martina M. Keitsch and Walter J.V. Vermeulen 2. Historical, systematic review and mapping of transdisciplinary research on sustainable development issues: dealing with complex problems in times of urgency Walter J.V. Vermeulen and Sjors Witjes 3. Transdisciplinary research: approaches and methodological principles Sjors Witjes and Walter J.V. Vermeulen 4. Transdisciplinary collaboration and ethics Martina Keitsch 5. Transdisciplinary research - practitioners' lessons on key methodological challenges Joachim H. Spangenberg 6. Transdisciplinarity for sustainability management Annik M. Fet and Haley Knudson 7. Transdisciplinary collaboration in Architecture and Design. The case of Chhobhar, Nepal Bijav Singh and Martina M. Keitsch 8. Towards a transdisciplinary approach to entrepreneurship for sustainable development Malin Gawell 9. Context, problems and knowledge: a case study of an individual transdisciplinary PhD journey in Burundi, East Africa Lauren Rosenberg 10. Embracing transdisciplinary tensions on the road to 2030 Thomas Macintyre, Sjors Witjes, Sigurd Vildasen, Monica Ramos-Mejia 11. Challenges of transdisciplinary research collaboration for sustainable development Walter J.V. Vermeulen and Martina M. Keitsch

Reviews

An exercise indeed in Dharma, poetry, and philosophy. An exercise indeed in Dharma, Poetry, and Philosophy. --Gary Snyder, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet

"""An exercise indeed in Dharma, Poetry, and Philosophy."" —Gary Snyder, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet"

An exercise indeed in Dharma, poetry, and philosophy.

Author Information

Jay Griffiths' writing has appeared in The London Review of Books, The Guardian, The Observer, The Ecologist magazine, and Resurgence magazine, of which she is an associate editor.

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