11:00 - Mike Crang (UK) is Lecturer in cultural geography at Durham University. He has worked extensively on the relationship of social memory and identity. He is also interested in more abstract issues regarding time-space, action and temporality and co-edited the journal Time & Society from 1997 to 2006. The other strand to his work is the analysis of transformations of space and time through electronic technologies. In his essay ‘Speed=Distance/Time: Chronotopographies of Action’, Crang presents an analysis of changing temporalities in societies that are by-products of the information technology revolution.”Locating the major shifts in space and time as understood by key temporal theorists, he suggests that such space-time shifts are more complex than commonly thought, requiring a conceptual approach that better captures the effects of ICT’s on the spatial and temporal fabrics of our daily lives. Crang shows how the flexibility of location and the timing of activities are mutually interactive dimensions, and he provides a unique conceptual framework that incorporates the complexity of real-time technologies.” (Robert Hassan & Ronald E. Purser)