“Different parts of societies, cultures and life-worlds change at different speeds and reproduce
themselves at different rhythms, and it is necessary to understand the disjunctures between
speed and slowness, change and continuity in order to grasp the conflicts arising from
accelerated globalization”(Eriksen, 2016, p. 472)
Hylland Eriksen's statement enlightens much of what this thesis has discussed earlier. When
he talks of clashing scales, it is similar to the discussed clashing levels as addressed. Level
three, containing the speed of the international development, somewhat aiming at functioning
together with the second level, the national one, and the national speed. The first level, the
acting people, is not necessarily synchronized with any of the two first levels. In Yangon,
these different tempos can be seen in the case of the Rohingya, and Thaung has experienced it
as people growing greedier. Others, as Dedan, experience it differently.
Dedan once told me how it was so easy now, to contact girls. With a bright smile, he told me
how he a few years ago needed to write a paper-note that he gave to the girl. “Now I can
message her! It´s so easy!” he said happily. He was able to have a conversation in a short
time.
In another book discussing overheating and acceleration, Hylland Eriksen, together with
Elisabeth Schober, writes that: ”Whether it is planned or unplanned, rapid change has
unintended side-effects, [and it] is understood different by people in different subject
positions.” (Campbell et al., 2017). This accelerated development plays out in a lot of
different areas. With a more competitive market, new international companies have entered
the country as Thaung focused on, aside from sim-card distributers as Telenor and Ooredoo,
there is among others bigger food-chains such as Lotteria and Burger King. Something I
could enjoy. However, when suggesting such food to my local friends, they were skeptical.
Dedan once said: “hamburgers and pizza? No, it tastes funny, I don’t like it”. More than once,
this was the response, and they instead preferred to eat their local cuisine. Even though the
widely accessible internet is something they, through Facebook, enjoy, not everything is as
welcome, such as the food. People experience the new technology differently affected from
which position, context, frames, and levels that is part of the given picture. On top of all of the
mention is the experience of time, the temporalities, and how this is encountered.
Through Facebook´s constant presence, it is part of shaping the interpretation of narratives
and create an environment in Yangon where, unfortunately, hate speech thrives. Facebook the
corporation, was not prepared for the situation and was not able to handle it properly. So
accordingly, throughout this thesis, it becomes evident how Facebook is so much more than a
webpage or a social media platform. In positioning itself as an obligatory passage point (Law
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