Experiencing the New World of Work

Cover
Half-title
Title page
Copyright information
Contents
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Foreword
Introduction: Experiencing the New World of Work
	The New World of Work
	Focus of This Edited Volume
	Part I Experiencing at Work
	Part II Digital Platforms and the New World of Work
	Part III Politics, Imaginaries and Others in the New World of Work
	References
Part I Experiencing at Work
	1 Embodied Inter-Practices in Resonance as New Forms of Working in Organisations
		Introduction
		Phenomenological Understanding of Embodied Practice of New Work
		Inter-practices
		Resonance and New Work Practices
		Work as Part of Diagonal Axes of Resonance
		Critical Reflection and Limitations of the Concept of Resonance
		Conclusion
		References
	2 Wherever I Lay My Laptop, That's My Workplace: Experiencing the New World of Work in a Hotel Lobby
		Introduction
		Theoretical Framework
		Methodology
		Hotel Shoreditch as an Unintended Co-working Space
			The Atmosphere of the Place
			Community, Shared Space and Work
			Hotel Lobby - A Different Type of Workspace
		Sense of Community without Interaction
		Revisiting the Lobby as a Co-working Space
		References
	3 'So Many Cool Things to Do!': Hacker Ethics and Work Practices
		Introduction: So Many Cool Things to Do!
		Theoretical Background: Ethics, Work and Space
			Hackers' Stories and Diversity
			Hacker Ethics and the Value of the Hack
			Hackerspaces and Hacker Practices
		An Embodied Ethnography of a Hackerspace
			Brief Description of the Hackerspace
			Qualitative and Ethnographic Methodology
		Experiencing 'Do and Fun' as Work Practices
			Do-It-Ocracy-Based Organisation
			Fun-Based Organisation
		Conclusion: Experiencing and Regulating Transgression Together?
		References
	4 Experiencing Making: Silence, Atmosphere and Togetherness in Makerspaces
		Introduction: Welcome to the New World of Makers
		Theoretical Perspective: A Sensible Ontology of the Experience of Doing
			Experience and Reversibility
			From Expression to Institution
		Three Sensible Concepts in Merleau-Ponty's Writings: Silence, Atmosphere and Togetherness/Solidarity
			Silence and Silencing
			Atmosphere
			Togetherness and Solidarity
		Research Method: An Ethnographical Account of Two Makerspaces
			Introducing Our Empirical Sites
			Ethnographic Styles of Investigation
		Happenings at AMS
			Contextualising Noises and Silence at AMS
			Rhythms, Visibilities, Silence and Events at AMS
			Silence as a Central Institution and a Meta-event: From Chiasm to Institution
		Atmosphere and Solidarities: When Making Is also a Passivity
		Conclusion: At the Heart of the Experience of the New World of Work, NCE?
		References
Part II Digital Platforms and the New World of Work
	5 Exploring Inequalities in Platform-Based Legal Work
		Introduction
		Context and Framing
			Inequalities and Platform Work
			Inequality Regimes
			Equality and Diversity within the Legal Profession
		Research Design and Site
		Research Findings
			Organising the General Requirements of Work
			Organising Class Hierarchies
			Recruitment and Hiring
			Wage Setting and Supervisory Practices
			Informal Interactions while 'Doing the Work'
		Conclusions
		References
	6 Workers Inquiry and the Experience of Work: Using Ethnographic Accounts of the Gig Economy
		Introduction
		Workers' Inquiry - Or Why Do Research Anyway?
		Researching the Gig Economy
		Findings from the Co-research
			Inquiry at Deliveroo
			Inquiry at Uber
		The Challenges of Co-research
		Conclusions and Future Research
		References
	7 Digital Nomads: A New Form of Leisure Class?
		Introduction
		Digital Nomadism: The Promises of a Leisure-Driven Lifestyle
		An Overview of Veblen's Approach and Proposition
		Methodological Approach
		Analysing the Mainstream Discourse on Digital Nomadism
		Discussion and Conclusions
		References
Part III Politics, Imaginaries and Others in the New World of Work
	8 Bypassing the Stage of Copper Wire?: New Work Practices amongst the Peasantry
		Introduction
		The Peasantry?
		Employees?
		Methodological Issues
		Traditional Work Patterns on the Land in the Age of Copper
		Emplacing the Peasant upon the Grid of Capitalism
		Work Practices within Agricultural Villages
		New Forms of Work from Ownership Changes
		Conclusion
		References
	9 Critical Theory and the Post-work Imaginary
		Introduction
		A Brief History of (the End of) Work
		Capitalist Modernity and the End of Work
		Critical Theorists and the End of Work
		André Gorz: Living Dead Capitalism
		The End of Work 4.0
		Conclusion: The End of Work as Critical Social Theory
		References
	10 Exploring the New in Politics at Work: A Temporal Approach of Managerial Agencies
		Introduction: Everyday Managerial Agency as Producing New Public Policies
		Co-politicisation and the Transformative Political Power of Managerial Agency
			A longue durée View on Work Transformation: The End of Enclaves and the Shift to a New Semiosis
			A Key Consequence of Work Transformations around Communities: A Growing Isomorphism between Managerial Agency and Political Agency
			'Co-politicisation' as a Recognition of the Political Power of Managerial Agency
		Politics in Crisis, or a 'Crisis of the Present'
			Failures of Managerial Agency: The Communalisation Process Is out of Order
			Back to Ricoeur's Thesis: Temporality Is Community and Togetherness
			A Crisis of Present in New Ways of Work ng
		Conclusion
		References
Conclusion: Experiences of Continuity and Change in the New World of Work
	Creativity and Changing Skills
	The Time and Space of Work
	The Changing Nature of the Employment Relationship and Beyond
	How to Explore This New World of Work?
	References
Afterword
Index