Time

Professor Vincent Gaffney is Chair in Landscape Archaeology within the Hub for Digital Humanities at the University of Birmingham. He has received national and international awards for his work including the 2013 European Archaeological Heritage Prize awarded by the European Association of Archaeologists and the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education

Professor Gaffney took us to a field at Crathes Castle, the site where our ancestors first started to record time, and predict time to come.

Cathy Haynes is a London-based artist, curator and writer. She is currently Chisenhale Gallery's artist in residence in Victoria Park, London, making Stereochron Island. In 2013 she was Timekeeper in residence at the UCL Petrie Museum, where she created the exhibition A Storm Is Blowing. She is a founder faculty member and the former Curator at The School of Life. Previously she was Curator for Art on the Underground, and Head of Interaction at Artangel. Cathy studied at Cambridge and Goldsmiths.

Cathy tells us why there’s more to time than clocks.

David Eagleman is a neuroscientist and a New York Times bestselling author. He directs the Labortatory for Perception and Action at the Baylor College of Medicine. He is best known for his work on time perception, synesthesia, and neurolaw.

David explains how time is constructed within the mind, and why it isn’t always as it seems.

Karina Hollekim was a professional extreme sports woman, until a catastrophic BASE jumping accident in 2006 left her facing the possibility of never walking again.

Karina tells us how her time perception changed in the moments before disaster, and how time dragged during her long rehabilitation. Today she has recovered, has returned to skiing and works as a motivational speaker.

Steve Corona is an author and blogger who’s work has featured on LifeHacker, The New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. In 2012 he decided to live without clocks, he tells us how it completely changed his life.