From Wooton to Workstation
Mechanisms of the Visible in Office Spaces
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18999971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dale A Bradley (0000-0001-9485-5242, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 359-369 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for Cultural Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1479-7585 • E-ISSN: 1740-1666 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14797580802038728 |
| OpenAlex | W2023764824 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
The historical development of the North American office, and the disciplinary power relations that obtain within it, is marked by the clinical gaze of systematic management. The technological artefacts and organizational practices associated with these workspaces deploy spatial and power relations via mechanisms of power which centre upon rendering workflows visible. The office desk provides an exemplar for this situation inasmuch as it acts as the interface between worker, work, and organization
Desk · Discipline · Gaze · Human–computer interaction · Robot · Sociology · Workflow · Workspace · Workstation · Computer Science · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Management and Organizational Studies · Artificial Intelligence
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |