THE SENSES OF VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION IN
WORKLIFE ROUTINE
Maria José Tonelli.
Tamara : Journal of Critical Postmodern
Organization Science.
Introduction:
The purpose of this paper is to understand the
senses that people give to the machines used in their daily work with special
emphasis to the new technologies. The present essay is based on the
constructionist methodological theoretical referential, which considers the
knowledge – product of the interactions between people – as yours analysis
object and tries to understand the senses that are constructed by people
through the discursive practices of the daily life.
The spot of this work is turned to the connections
that people establish with the technologies – specially, the computer – at
work. Since the computer is a machine that allows velocity at work, our
interest also turns to the meanings that people attribute to rhythm, to the
velocity and to the acceleration resulting from the use of machines in the
daily professional activities. In this way, more specifically, this essay tries
to interpret the senses that people attribute to the velocity and to the
acceleration of the daily life, from the connections that they establish with
the new technologies, specially the computer, at work.