Hockey2009

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Hockey2009
BibType ARTICLE
Key Hockey2009
Author(s) John Hockey, Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson
Title The sensorium at work: The sensory phenomenology of the working body
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Tag(s) EMCA, Work, Ethnomethodology, Body, Phenomenology
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Year 2009
Language English
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Journal The Sociological Review
Volume 57
Number 2
Pages 217-239
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DOI 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01827.x
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Abstract

The sociology of the body and the sociology of work and occupations have both neglected to some extent the study of the ‘working body’ in paid employment, particularly with regard to empirical research into the sensory aspects of working practices. This gap is perhaps surprising given how strongly the sensory dimension features in much of working life. This article is very much a first step in calling for a more phenomenological, embodied and ‘fleshy’ perspective on the body in employment, and examines some of the theoretical and conceptual resources available to researchers wishing to focus on the lived working-body experiences of the sensorium. We also consider some possible representational forms for a more evocative, phenomenologically-inspired portrayal of sensory, lived-working-body experiences, and offer suggestions for future avenues of research.

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