1231: The Body in Technology and Organization Studies (15217)

Organizer(s)

• SP

  Stella Pachidi

  U. of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Discussant(s)

• AM

  Alexandra Michel

  Independent Researcher, United States

Participant(s)

• EH

  Ella Hafermalz

  Vrije U. Amsterdam, Netherlands
• MS

  Maura Soekijad

  Vrije U. Amsterdam, Netherlands

Organizer(s)

• AS

  Anastasia Sergeeva

  Vrije U. Amsterdam, Netherlands
• MH

  Marleen Huysman

  KIN Center for Digital Innovation, Vrije U. Amsterdam, Netherlands

Presenter(s)

• LD

  Lorna Downie

  Vrije U. Amsterdam, Netherlands
• LW

  Lauren Waardenburg

  ESSEC Business School, France
• MS

  Melissa Sexton

  Vrije U. Amsterdam, Netherlands
• KS

  Karla Sayegh

  U. of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• SF

  Samer Faraj

  McGill U., Canada

Discussant(s)

• DN

  Davide Nicolini

  U. of Warwick, United Kingdom

This symposium explores how the field of technology and organization studies may benefit from paying more attention to the role of the body. As recent studies have shown, lived experiences, sensemaking, knowing, coordination and overall performance at work become reconfigured as emerging technologies reshape physical engagement and human interaction. Four papers will be presented exploring questions around how a focus on the body allows us to understand changes in knowing; situation awareness; movement at work; and coordination. The diversity of research settings (sports, police work, restaurants, and healthcare) offers us the possibility to reflect on boundary conditions and build conceptual bridges in examining the importance of an embodiment perspective for theorizing technology, work and organizing. Two discussants with expertise in embodiment will help connect the studies with the growing stream of literature on embodiment and will facilitate discussion with the audience to explore avenues for future research.

Presentations:

• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1231: You win some, you lose some: Worker self-knowing through digital self-tracking technologies (15217)
  

  Author: Lorna Anne Downie – Vrije U. Amsterdam

  Author: Ella Hafermalz – Vrije U. Amsterdam

  Author: Marleen Huysman – KIN Center for Digital Innovation, Vrije U. Amsterdam

  Author: Stella Pachidi – U. of Cambridge
• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1231: Police officers’ embodied and material realities of accessing information in action (15217)
  

  Author: Lauren Waardenburg – ESSEC Business School

  Author: Ella Hafermalz – Vrije U. Amsterdam
• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1231: Moving at work: An ethnography of autonomous mobile robots at a restaurant (15217)
  

  Author: Melissa Sexton – Vrije U. Amsterdam

  Author: Anastasia Sergeeva – Vrije U. Amsterdam

  Author: Maura Soekijad – Vrije U. Amsterdam
• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1231: The space between us: Embodiment and the configuration of coordination (15217)
  

  Author: Samer Faraj – McGill U.

  Author: Karla Sayegh – U. of Cambridge