'Switch on': sensory work in the infantry

'Switch on': sensory work in the infantry

There has been little sociological research on work at the sensory level and the result is a largely missing foundational link in the chain of analysis connecting the phenomenological practices of doing work with theories about work. As a first step towards remedying this lacuna the article portrays...

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Veröffentlicht in:Work, employment and society employment and society, 2009-09, Vol.23 (3), p.477-493
1. Verfasser: Hockey, John
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Body
Data analysis
Empirical research
Employment
Ethnography
Field notes
Hearing
Human Body
Infantry
Military personnel
Occupations
Odors
Olfactory perception
Senses
Senses, Aesthetics and Work
Social theories
Sociological research
Sociology of work
Soldiers
Sound
Touch
United Kingdom
Weapons
Work
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Zusammenfassung:There has been little sociological research on work at the sensory level and the result is a largely missing foundational link in the chain of analysis connecting the phenomenological practices of doing work with theories about work. As a first step towards remedying this lacuna the article portrays the sensory work of movement, seeing, hearing, smelling and touching manifested by the occupation of infantryman.
ISSN:0950-0170
1469-8722
DOI:10.1177/0950017009337065