- Account books <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Acoustic Tile <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Battery <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Bicycle <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Bitcoin <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Calendar <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Card <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Chair <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Clock <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Cloud <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Coffee Machine <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Colour Chart <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Container <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Conversational Interface <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Copper <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Copy Machine <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Dating App <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Desk <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Elevator <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Executive Dashboard <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Filter System <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- High Heels <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Interface <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Mind Tracker <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Office Plant <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Overhead Projector <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Paper Shredder <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Pen <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Planning Table <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Prezi <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Price Book <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Push Button <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Pussyhat <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Railway Tracks <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Real Time Bidding System <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Recommender System <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Search Engine <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Smartphone <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Suit <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Telegraph <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Typeface <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Whiteboard, Flipchart <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Wiki <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- By Means of Which: Media, Technology, Organization
Abstract and Keywords
This chapter examines the chair as both a mundane, physical object with the role of ‘seating a person’ and as a cultural artefact with a history of use, of handcraft, of design, and even of artistic representation. It suggests the chair’s agency is only partly given by its specific materiality, but is also shaped by the manifold historic, artistic, craft, design, and architectural contexts in which it has been placed. By tracing these material and discursive relations, the chapter shows how the chair enables and shapes organizational life by both visualizing absence and thus creating a longing for presence and by affirming social positions and elevating power.
Keywords: chairs, materiality, social role, artistic representation, seating practices
Research Assistant, Institute of Marketing and Communication Management (IMCA), University della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Professor in Organizational Communication, Faculty of Communication Sciences, University della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
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- Account books <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Acoustic Tile <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Battery <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Bicycle <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Bitcoin <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Calendar <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Card <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Chair <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Clock <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Cloud <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Coffee Machine <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Colour Chart <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Container <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Conversational Interface <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Copper <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Copy Machine <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Dating App <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Desk <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Elevator <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Executive Dashboard <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Filter System <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- High Heels <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Interface <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Mind Tracker <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Office Plant <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Overhead Projector <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Paper Shredder <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Pen <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Planning Table <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Prezi <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Price Book <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Push Button <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Pussyhat <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Railway Tracks <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Real Time Bidding System <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Recommender System <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Search Engine <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Smartphone <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Suit <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Telegraph <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Typeface <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Whiteboard, Flipchart <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- Wiki <span display="online">as a mediating technology of organization</span>
- By Means of Which: Media, Technology, Organization