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Deep Time

Christina Fredengren talks about Deep Time.

Standing on 700 million year old fossils, called stromatolites, Christina Fredengren explores perceptions about time. She explains how time is often perceived in a linear way, with the past behind us, the present t a point where we stand and the future ahead of us. She contrasts this perception with the archaeological and geological perception of time as material, a perception which allows us to envisage how material change in the past or present can territorialize futures.

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