Yvonne Latham
Biographic Data
| ID | 4272905 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yvonne Latham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yvonne |
| FAMILY NAME | Latham |
| SIGNATURE | LATHAM Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lancaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5870-5754 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ethics and entangled embodiment
In this article, we are concerned with the ethical implications of the entanglement of embodiment and non-human materialities. We argue for an approach to embodiment which recognises its inextricable relationship with multiple materialities. From this, three ethical points are made: first, we argue for an ethical relation to ‘things’ not simply as inanimate objects but as the neglected Others of humanity’s (social and material) world. Second, the…
Analysing change in an Accident and Emergency Department
Bringing together insights from Organisation Studies and Science and Technology Studies this paper provides a multilevel analysis of a planned change initiative. Focusing on different layers of this change the emergent ambiguities, multiplicities and tensions are explored serving to highlight the ‘back stage complexities’ often hidden by the ‘front stage slickness’ (Moser and Law) of organisational routines
Bodies, Technologies and Action Possibilities
Borrowed from ecological psychology, the concept of affordances is often said to offer the social study of technology a means of re-framing the question of what is, and what is not, 'social' about technological artefacts. The concept, many argue, enables us to chart a safe course between the perils of technological determinism and social constructivism. This article questions the sociological adequacy of the concept as conventionally deployed. Dr…
Bodies, Technologies and Action Possibilities
Borrowed from ecological psychology, the concept of affordances is often said to offer the social study of technology a means of re-framing the question of what is, and what is not, 'social' about technological artefacts. The concept, many argue, enables us to chart a safe course between the perils of technological determinism and social constructivism. This article questions the sociological adequacy of the concept as conventionally deployed. Dr…
Analysing change in an Accident and Emergency Department
Bringing together insights from Organisation Studies and Science and Technology Studies this paper provides a multilevel analysis of a planned change initiative. Focusing on different layers of this change the emergent ambiguities, multiplicities and tensions are explored serving to highlight the ‘back stage complexities’ often hidden by the ‘front stage slickness’ (Moser and Law) of organisational routines
Bodies, Technologies and Action Possibilities
Borrowed from ecological psychology, the concept of affordances is often said to offer the social study of technology a means of re-framing the question of what is, and what is not, 'social' about technological artefacts. The concept, many argue, enables us to chart a safe course between the perils of technological determinism and social constructivism. This article questions the sociological adequacy of the concept as conventionally deployed. Dr…
Analysing change in an Accident and Emergency Department
Bringing together insights from Organisation Studies and Science and Technology Studies this paper provides a multilevel analysis of a planned change initiative. Focusing on different layers of this change the emergent ambiguities, multiplicities and tensions are explored serving to highlight the ‘back stage complexities’ often hidden by the ‘front stage slickness’ (Moser and Law) of organisational routines
Ethics and entangled embodiment
In this article, we are concerned with the ethical implications of the entanglement of embodiment and non-human materialities. We argue for an approach to embodiment which recognises its inextricable relationship with multiple materialities. From this, three ethical points are made: first, we argue for an ethical relation to ‘things’ not simply as inanimate objects but as the neglected Others of humanity’s (social and material) world. Second, the…
Epistemology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Information Systems Theories and Implementation (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Affordance (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)