En los escenarios del tiempo. Organización sociocultural de la procreación e identidad en Oslo

Expressions like “planning time” or “how to use time” are part of the daily Norwegian speech. For Norwegians, “time” is a basic cultural notion which is a starting point from which they explain and define the level of importance of certain relationships: with themselves, with relatives or any other social relationships. This paper seeks to analyze how time is used by Oslo inhabitants in their search for balance between, individual, family or social circles. The amount of time that Norwegians invest in themselves, also takes part in how they represent motherhood and fatherhood, how they conceptualize the familie and slekt or arrange the childcare. However, Time needs some scenarios to develop. Thus, this paper aims at the analysis of the relationship established between the conceptualization of family and relatives, individualism and the stages where these relationships emerge in order to reinforce its cohesion. Place selection and activities to undertake are strongly ritualized in Norwegian society as a part of their collective national identity. The strong relationship between kinship and identity is also analyzed since kinship is as much crucial item in Norwegian identity as it serves as the vehicle through which identity transmission, especially to children, operates.