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Artificial intelligence and ‘real time’ in healthcare: how does AI affect our experience of time?
What does it mean for a healthcare system to operate ‘in real time’? A new article by the ‘Matters of Time’ project team, published in the Revista Española de Sociología (RES), shows that this oft-repeated promise of artificial intelligence (AI) actually conceals several different conceptions of time, and that each one reconfigures…
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The political life of time: a discussion session
On 23 April at 3.00 pm, we will be hosting a discussion with experts who have extensive experience in the field of social health studies, as part of the ‘Matters of Time’ project. Marsha Rosengarten, Mike Michael, Nele Jensen and Lucía Ariza will be taking part as guests. The aim is to frame the discussion on temporality as…
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Research agreement with the Chilean Ministry of Health
In September 2025, a research agreement was signed between the Matters of Time project and the Chilean Ministry of Health. The purpose of this agreement is to set out the conditions for carrying out joint research into the practical dynamics that shape temporal processes in the field of policy-making. Such as…
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We must be mindful of the timing
In this chapter, published in the book Timescapes of Health, Illness and Care, edited by Katherine Kenny, Mia Harrison and Anthony K. J. Smith, we put forward the argument that, in the context of health, time is neither a neutral backdrop nor an objective fact that simply ‘is there’, but rather a fragile, situated and…
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Listen to the podcast ‘In Honour of Matters of Time’
We invite you to check out and listen to the first episode of the podcast En Honor al Tiempo en Salud, a programme that aims to facilitate discussions with academics, experts and patients regarding the temporal dynamics involved in political and medical processes.
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Session: 5 August 2025. Pragmatic regimes (continued)
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Artificial Intelligence and Medical Timeframes
In the paper entitled “Five Transitions of Algorithmic Governmentality in the Composition of Medical Temporality”, published in the special issue “Technology and Algorithmic Governmentality: Social and Political Transformations in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”, part of the research team explores the implications of incorporating…
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Lecture on the Philosophy of Time
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Medical Anthropology Europe Conference 2025
In September, as part of the tiempoensalud.cl project, we will be taking part in the Medical Anthropology Europe Conference 2025 at the University of Vienna.
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Podcast on time, health and society
As part of the project’s development, we are launching a new podcast in which, together with various guests, we will explore the implications of social and technological factors in shaping temporal dynamics in healthcare.
Matters of Time