October 26, 2014 - 20:14
The more I learn about crip time, the more necessary it seems to practice. Yet I struggle to understand how exactly society (on a larger scale) could actually crip time. Our 360 saw crip time in action at Camphill, where time was incredibly flexible and flowed at a slower place. There were also (seemingly) no expectations as to how people lived their lives over the years: no expectations to have children, find a spouse, buy a home, etc. It was almost as if time was paused at Camphill, or at least normative time. But how realistic is it to carry crip time into larger societies? Or even smaller ones that rely so heavily on time, like our community at Bryn Mawr that has scheduled classes and meal times and deadlines and only four years to complete our education? While cripping time proves to be beneficial to those with disabilities (and even those without), how is it structurally conceivable to practice it in our present societies without starting from scratch? Is it even possible to start from scratch?