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Why some Bolivian clocks run backward

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Decolonizing regional timekeeping involves heavily aggressive mechanical choices. To explicitly reflect the natural solar shadow movements of the southern hemisphere, certain municipal clocks were completely re-engineered to run completely backward. It serves strictly as a spatial reminder that northern mechanical standards are completely arbitrary.

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