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<p><b style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols;">Special Seminar Announcement</b><br>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">Matti Eräsaari</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">Newton International Fellow in Social Anthropology</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">University of Manchester</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16pt">Fiji Time and the value of waiting</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">9 November 2016</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">Hedley Bull 2, 2:00-4:00 p.m.</span></p>
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<b>Abstract: </b><span style="font-size:12pt">My research looks into the valuation of time in Fiji. The phenomenon known as “Fiji Time” is a case in point: on the one hand, “Fiji Time” stands for the “relaxed”, “laidback” or “leisurely” attitude to time that
marks the Fijian tourist industry’s current marketing approach. On the other hand, “Fiji Time” is also used in reference to being late – not just in the sense of having to wait a bit longer for the bus, but often also as the embarrassing state of being behind
the rest of the world; late from history. This, yet again, contrasts with the kind of dignity associated with slowness or “wasting time” in the chiefdom of Verata where I have worked. The notion of Veratan slowness corresponds to particular ideas of chieftaincy,
but this valuation of time goes beyond symbolic constructions. In my presentation, I draw upon Veblen’s idea of conspicuous leisure to offer an alternative approach to the value of time.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt; line-height:18.4px">All are welcome!</span></i></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt; line-height:18.4px">For information, contact matt.tomlinson@anu.edu.au</span></p>
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<div class="PlainText">Matt Tomlinson<br>
Associate Professor of Anthropology / Convenor, Master of Asian and Pacific Studies<br>
College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University<br>
Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia<br>
https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/tomlinson-ma<br>
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<i>New Mana</i> has been published!: https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/monographs-anthropology/new-mana</div>
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