Cultivating temporal attunement: Unfolding the seasonalities of an unsettled river landscape.

This article focuses on the development and application of the "Rhythmical Calendar," an experimental seasonal round designed to reveal and reflect on temporal mismatches and conflicts within participatory planning processes for the Danish River landscape of Gudenå. Drawing on anthropological research on seasons as rhythmic phenomena and temporal conflicts, the tool was used in workshops to visualize diverse human and more-than-human seasonalities, highlighting three key themes: embodied mismatches (affective responses to disrupted rhythms), interpersonal mismatches (divergent human and organizational calendars), and more-than-human mismatches (shifts in ecological seasonal patterns). The findings emphasize that temporal and seasonal discrepancies contribute significantly to conflicts and communication challenges in collaborative governance, suggesting that cultivating temporal attunement through such tools is crucial for managing environmental and social change. The article advocates for integrating temporal awareness into climate adaptation and participatory governance to better align human and ecological rhythms.