Concept and Expression of Time: Cultural Variations and Impact on Knowledge Organization

A Unesco Expert Meeting on ‘Time and the Sciences: Impact of Scientific Expressions of Time on Differing Cultures,” London, 1976, resulted in the publication Time and the Sciences: At the Crossroads of Cultures. Ed. by Frank Greenaway and Josefina Mena Abraham*. The papers reviewed and discussed the concept and expressions of time in different domains - the physical sciences, information science humanities, architecture, arts, philosophies, religions, cultures, etc. In the present series, we shall be selectively and briefly reviewing and discussing the differences in the concept, measurement, impact and expressions of and about time in different cultures. We will also consider how knowledge organization tools accommodate these differences in the concept and expressions of Time.