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Vera da Silva Sinha • TEDxVienna

What is Event-Based Time?

How would you think about time, and organize your life, without watches, clocks, phones and calendars? You might be surprised to know how this is possible. Learn about the event-based time concepts of three traditional, indigenous communities of Brazil.

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How would you think about time, and organize your life, without watches, clocks, phones and calendars? You might be surprised to know how this is possible. Learn about the event-based time concepts of three traditional, indigenous communities of Brazil.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxVienna, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.

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