Accelerating modernity: time-space compression in the wake of the aeroplane
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Accelerating modernity: time-space compression in the wake of the aeroplane. / Simonsen, Dorthe Gert.
In: Journal of Transport History, Vol. Vol. 2, No. 6/2, 2005, p. 98-117.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Accelerating modernity: time-space compression in the wake of the aeroplane
AU - Simonsen, Dorthe Gert
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The acceleration of transport in the modern era has been linked to a continuous process of time-space compression. This article suggests a more diverse view of the social construction of speed, time and space by comparing two significant modernist perceptions of the flying machine. The speed of the aeroplane led the Italian avant-garde movement Futurism to proclaim the annihilation of time and space and the “plasticity” of reality in the 1910s. Two decades later, the Swiss/French architect Le Corbusier reached quite different conclusions. The shifting significations and the temporal/spatial implications of speed are proposed as a central and prolific theme in the history of transport.
AB - The acceleration of transport in the modern era has been linked to a continuous process of time-space compression. This article suggests a more diverse view of the social construction of speed, time and space by comparing two significant modernist perceptions of the flying machine. The speed of the aeroplane led the Italian avant-garde movement Futurism to proclaim the annihilation of time and space and the “plasticity” of reality in the 1910s. Two decades later, the Swiss/French architect Le Corbusier reached quite different conclusions. The shifting significations and the temporal/spatial implications of speed are proposed as a central and prolific theme in the history of transport.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - historie
KW - tid-rum kompression
KW - teknologi og kultur
KW - hastighed
KW - flyvningens historie
KW - history
KW - time-space compression
KW - technology and culture
KW - speed
KW - history of aviation
M3 - Journal article
VL - Vol. 2
SP - 98
EP - 117
JO - The Journal of Transport History
JF - The Journal of Transport History
SN - 0022-5266
IS - 6/2
ER -
ID: 72656