From the article: "In this paper, I would like to extend this definition of genre to issues related to power. I suggest that when we interrogate a genre's relationship to power we need to explore its relationship to time, not just in terms of its relationship to the past, present, or future (as in the classical genres of forensic, epideictic or deliberative discourse), but more importantly in terms of a genre's attempt to control time and space. This paper explores some of the theoretical work needed to advance such a claim and then applies this theorizing to one genre, the scientific or experimental article. The object of this exercise will be to catch a glimpse of the time/space resources of this genre, resources which the users of this powerful genre wield to their advantage."