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The Sociology of Speed The Sociology of Speed Digital, Organizational, and Social Temporalities Edited by Judy Wajcman and Nigel Dodd 1 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries ©OxfordUniversityPress2017 Themoralrightsoftheauthorshavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2017 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2016939699 ISBN 978–0–19–878285–8(hbk.) 978–0–19–878286–5(pbk.) PrintedinGreatBritainby ClaysLtd,StIvesplc LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. Contents ListofFigures vii ListofTables ix ListofContributors xi Introduction:ThePowerfulareFast,thePowerlessareSlow 1 JudyWajcmanandNigelDodd PartI. Theories 1. SimmelandBenjamin:EarlyTheoristsoftheAccelerationSociety 13 NigelDoddandJudyWajcman 2. De-Synchronization,DynamicStabilization,Dispositional Squeeze:TheProblemofTemporalMismatch 25 HartmutRosa 3. AcceleratingtotheFuture 42 JohnUrry PartII. Materialities 4. Capital’sGeodesic:Chicago,NewJersey,andtheMaterial SociologyofSpeed 55 DonaldMacKenzie 5. DigitalCulturesofUseandtheirInfrastructures 72 SaskiaSassen 6. “APauseintheImpatienceofThings”:NotesOnFormal Organization,theBureaucraticEthos,andSpeed 86 PaulDuGay 7. TheAthleticismofAccomplishment:SpeedintheWorkplace 102 MelissaGregg Contents PartIII. Temporalities 8. “JustTime”andtheRelativityofSpeed 117 HarveyMolotch 9. SpeedTrapsandtheTemporal:OfTaxis,TruckStops, andTaskRabbits 131 SarahSharma 10. BendingTimetoaNewEnd:InvestigatingtheIdeaof TemporalEntrepreneurship 152 IngridEricksonandMelissaMazmanian 11. Speed,Time,Infrastructure:TemporalitiesofBreakdown, Maintenance,andRepair 169 StevenJ.Jackson References 187 Index 207 vi List of Figures 3.1. WorldCO productionbysource 49 2 4.1. ThesixmainfinancialdatacentersintheUS 59 4.2. Fiber-opticcablebeinglaidbyaconstructioncrewworking forSkanova,asubsidiaryofTeliaSonera 63 4.3. AmicrowavetowerusedbyMcKayBrothers 65 9.1. MinuteSuitesTraveler’sRetreats 140 9.2. InteriorviewofaMinuteSuite 141 9.3. AslowdayattheloungeattheSarniaTruckstop 142 9.4. The“RelaxandEnjoy”toilet/showerattheSarniaTruckStop 142 9.5. CoinandcreditcardautomatedmassagechairsattheSarnia TruckStop 143 9.6. Ahairsalonfordriver’sgroomingneedswhilewaitingfortruck maintenanceandrepair 143 9.7. Thedeskofanofficemanageratauniversity 144 9.8(a). Interiorsoftaxi-cabs 146 9.8(b). Interiorsoftaxi-cabs 147 11.1. RepairworkerinGulistanundergroundmarket,Dhaka,Bangladesh 178 List of Tables 4.1. Theoverallsetofinterviewees 56 4.2. State-of-artone-waytransmissiontimes 66

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