temporalities of the edge

The relationships that are defined by either notional or physical edges had a sense of temporalities. The relationship that the edge had with the object that defined it was cyclic depending on what activity the edge could afford. All the varied activities that defined the edge, we learnt, occurred in different cycles of time, and thus all edges operated within different time cycles. In some cases, it was the physical entity of the edge that changed, due to reasons like changing seasons or differences in tide cycles and in some cases the relationship with the edge changed across the day with respect to gender roles, how it was occupied and who occupied it. We identified the main temporal cycles as changes in tides, day and night and changing seasons. Apart from the edge that had different cycles, there were secondary factors of cycles that worked on a larger scale that affected the individual edge cycles.

The kachampuli tree is a fruit-bearing tree whose fruits are used to mend fishing nets. These trees bear fruits in the monsoons when repairing of all fishing nets happens and thus the fishing activity was halted changing the relationship between the edge of the port and the fishing nets for an entire season. 

The port however had its daily cycle that was also affected by low and high tides that occurred in six-hour intervals. Fishing activities were carried out on low tides, so during high tides, the port was used for mending boats, washing clothes, etc. This daily cycle resulted in gendered activities, since men would mainly participate in large-scale fishing that occurred at night, the port also became a place of social interaction for them. Whereas in the morning the women washed clothes etc near the port. 

The differences in the use of the edge and its temporal nature made us question the relations that played out and the spatial temporal conditions.