The Timescapes project was launched on 31st January 2008, and the event included an afternoon
seminar on ‘Researching Lives Through Time’. Keynote speakers at that seminar were Barbara Adam,
Jenny Hockey, and Paul Thompson. This first working paper in the Timescapes series presents their
talks, respectively focusing on time, generation and life stories. Each of these concepts and approaches
is central to the Timescapes endeavour
