Temporal Connectivities: A scoping study of the available research on time and community

The Temporal Connectivities scoping study (AH/J501391/1) completed by Dr Michelle Bastian in 2011, helped to kickstart the formation of the Temporal Belongings Network. It was commissioned as part of the new cross-Research Council research programme on Connected Communities. As a part of the process of developing the theme the AHRC funded a number of studies and reviews that addressed the underpinning issues. The results of these studies are now available from the Connected Communities website.

Temporal Connectivities explored how time is involved in the production, maintenance, complication, destruction and/or disavowal of connectivity within and between communities. The scoping study provides an overview of how the question of time and community is currently being thought and recommendations for future research. This includes identifying what work has been done already, drawing out current and potential intersections, highlighting emerging trends, and suggesting themes that may be under-researched.

Outputs from the study include an online bibliographic resource, the resources developed at the Temporal Belongings workshop, and the Connected Communities Discussion Paper. The full write up of the study has now been published in Time & Society.