Layers of Silence, Arenas of Voice: The Ecology of Visible and Invisible Work

dc.contributor.authorStar, Susan Leigh
dc.contributor.authorStrauss, Anselm
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-06T06:52:54Z
dc.date.available2020-06-06T06:52:54Z
dc.date.issued36220
dc.description.abstractNo work is inherently either visible or invisible. We always “see” work through a selection of indicators: straining muscles, finished artifacts, a changed state of affairs. The indicators change with context, and that context becomes a negotiation about the relationship between visible and invisible work. With shifts in industrial practice these negotiations require longer chains of inference and representation, and may become solely abstract. This article provides a framework for analyzing invisible work in CSCW systems. We sample across a variety of kinds of work to enrich the understanding of how invisibility and visibility operate. Processes examined include creating a “non-person” in domestic work; disembedding background work; and going backstage. Understanding these processes may inform the design of CSCW systems and the development of related social theory.de
dc.identifier.doi10.1023/A:1008651105359
dc.identifier.pissn1573-7551
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008651105359
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/3553
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): Vol. 8, No. 1-2
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
dc.subjectarticulation work
dc.subjectcooperative work
dc.subjectfeminism
dc.subjectinvisible work
dc.subjectrequirements analysis
dc.subjectsocial informatics
dc.titleLayers of Silence, Arenas of Voice: The Ecology of Visible and Invisible Workde
dc.typeText/Journal Article
gi.citation.endPage30
gi.citation.startPage9

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