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never reaching the final stages
where they may properly
consume the good. Thus,
this time period is ideal for
hoarding behaviours to develop.
Hoarding in pointillist
time emphasized constant
opportunity for the hoarder
to acquire items while never
seeing the purpose of the
item through. The hoarder is
so caught up in the purchasing
moment, the instant that
presents itself with opportunity,
that they buy without
restraint despite having the
best of intentions for the
items. However, as soon as
they step in their home, the
potential for consumption or
gifting that was contained in
the opportunity disappears;
the action of acquiring the
item and the potential for using
it never meet. This action
brings to mind the hoarder
who purchases new or used
items only to have them stay
in the shopping bag when
they arrive home, piling up
day after day despite often
being brand new. Likewise,
any intention to part with
goods isonly an isolated moment;
a plan to carry out a
major cleanup is impossible
in this type of time continuum.
Hoarding behaviours are
amplified in a modernity that
abides by pointillist time because
the social world moves
at a much faster rate than the
hoarder can adapt to with
their high rate of acquiring,
and accumulation is a foreseeable
result.
Hoarding behaviours are
amplified in a modernity that
abides by pointillist time because
the social world moves
at a much faster rate than the
hoarder can adapt to with
their high rate of acquiring,
and accumulation is a foreseeable
result.
SPACE
When describing changes in
space, Bauman references the
changes between a heavy modernity
and the current liquid
modernity (Bauman 2000).
Previous modern periods
were characterized by a heaviness
and concreteness. Bauman’s
simple example revolves
around the change from a com-
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