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Organizational Video- Ethnography Revisited Making Visible Material, Embodied and Sensory Practices Edited by Sylvie Grosjean Frédérik Matte Organizational Video-Ethnography Revisited · Sylvie Grosjean Frédérik Matte Editors Organizational Video-Ethnography Revisited Making Visible Material, Embodied and Sensory Practices Editors Sylvie Grosjean Frédérik Matte Department of Communication Department of Communication University of Ottawa University of Ottawa Ottawa, ON, Canada Ottawa, ON, Canada ISBN 978-3-030-65550-1 ISBN 978-3-030-65551-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65551-8 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such namesareexemptfromtherelevantprotectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreefor general use. Thepublisher,theauthorsandtheeditorsaresafetoassumethattheadviceandinforma- tion in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respecttothematerialcontainedhereinorforanyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeen made.Thepublisherremainsneutralwithregardtojurisdictionalclaimsinpublishedmaps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Melisa Hasan This Palgrave Pivot imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland Contents 1 Introduction 1 Sylvie Grosjean and Frédérik Matte 1.1 Video-Based Research in Organizations 2 1.2 Studying the Material, Embodied, and Sensory Practices in Organizations 4 References 9 Part I Video-Ethnography and Reflexivity-in-Practice: Making Visible the Embodied and Sensory Dimensions of Work Practices 2 Video-Ethnography and Video-Reflexive Ethnography: Investigating and Expanding Learning About Complex Realities 15 Rick Iedema and Jeff Bezemer 2.1 Introduction 16 2.2 Background: Video-Ethnography and Video-Reflexive Ethnography 17 2.3 Two Video-Based Studies 21 2.3.1 ‘I Think You’re Fine There’ 21 2.3.2 ‘That’s a Good Idea’ 26 v vi CONTENTS 2.4 Discussion 29 2.5 Conclusion 29 References 32 3 The Epistemic Use of the Body in Medical Radiology: Insights from Interactional Video-Ethnography 37 Laurent Filliettaz 3.1 Learning Beyond Formal Education 38 3.2 Interaction Analysis as Research Method for Workplace Practice 39 3.3 Instructed Actions in the Workplace 40 3.3.1 Instruction as a Framed Experience 40 3.3.2 Instruction as an Epistemic Practice 42 3.3.3 Instruction as a Multimodal Meaning-Making Process 43 3.4 Becoming a Medical Radiologic Technologist 45 3.4.1 Reframing a Work Experience 47 3.4.2 Configuring Epistemic Territories 50 3.4.3 Sharing a Sensory Experience 52 3.5 Transforming Work Situations into Learning Opportunities 54 Appendix: Transcription Conventions 55 References 55 4 The Two-Sides of Video-Ethnography for Studying “Sensing-at-Distance” 59 Sylvie Grosjean, Frédérik Matte, and Isaac Nahon-Serfaty 4.1 Introduction 60 4.2 Senses and Telemedicine 61 4.3 Video Self-Confrontation as Social Reflexivity 63 4.4 The Two-Sides of Video-Ethnography 64 4.4.1 The“BrightSide”:VideoRecordingsofClinical Practices in Telemedicine 65 4.4.2 The “Hidden Side”: Video Self-Confrontation to Reveal “Sensory Awareness” 67 CONTENTS vii 4.5 Conclusion 72 References 73 Part II Video-Ethnography and Organizing Spaces: Sensing Places and the Multiple Nature of Working Spaces 5 Practising Diffraction in Video-Based Research 79 Jeanne Mengis and Davide Nicolini 5.1 Introduction 80 5.2 Practising Diffraction by Reading Texts Intra-Actively 82 5.3 Practising Diffraction by Reading the Performing of an Apparatus Through Another 86 5.4 Practising Diffraction by Creating Intra-actions Among Different Forms of Participation in Interventionist Research 90 5.5 Concluding Remarks 93 References 94 6 Using Video Methods to Uncover the Relational, Interactional and Practical Constitution of Space 99 Nicolas Bencherki 6.1 Introduction 100 6.2 Space as a Relational Accomplishment 101 6.3 Moving Images as Relational Systems 103 6.4 Studying Relationality as a Communicative Accomplishment 104 6.5 An Illustration: Video Shadowing the Constitution of Space 107 6.6 Discussion: Learning About Space Through Video Shadowing 110 References 112 viii CONTENTS 7 Participant Viewpoint Ethnography and Mobile Organizing 117 Elizabeth Wilhoit Larson 7.1 Introduction 118 7.2 Visual Research Methods 119 7.3 Research Context 119 7.4 Participant Viewpoint Ethnography 120 7.5 Evaluation of PVE for Studying Mobile Organizing 124 7.6 Future Directions in Mobile Organizing Research and PVE 126 References 127 Part III “Outsider” and “Insider” Video-Ethnographer: Exploring Multimodal and Multisensorial Workplace Settings 8 Doing Video Ethnography Research with Top Management Teams 133 Feng Liu, Michael Jarrett, and Linda Rouleau 8.1 Introduction 134 8.2 Video Ethnography: What Is It? 135 8.3 “Etic” and “Emic”: Crossing the Divide 137 8.3.1 “Etic” vs. “Emic” Approaches to Research 137 8.3.2 The Refining Approach 140 8.3.3 The Distributive Approach 142 8.3.4 The Holistic Approach 145 8.4 Conclusion 148 References 151 9 Complementing Video-Ethnography: The Uses and Potential of Mundane Data Collected on Social Media 155 Viviane Sergi and Claudine Bonneau 9.1 Introduction 156 9.2 Mainstream Social Media as Windows into the Mundane Aspects of Work and Life 157 CONTENTS ix 9.3 The Contribution of Mundane Data to Video-Ethnography 161 9.3.1 Feeding in Situ Video-Ethnographic Data Collection 162 9.3.2 Expanding the Site of Video-Ethnography 164 9.3.3 Documenting Dimensions of Practice 165 9.4 Ethical Considerations 167 9.5 Concluding Remarks 168 References 169 Index 173 Notes on Contributors Nicolas Bencherki is an associate professor of organizational commu- nication at TÉLUQ Montréal, Canada. His work investigates the way communicationandmaterialityconstituteorganizationalreality,including classic notions such as strategy, authority or membership, using ethno- graphic and action-research approaches. His work has been published, among others, in the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Studies, Human Relations, Long Range Planning, Strategic Organiza- tion, the Journal of Communication, and Communication Theory. Jeff Bezemer is Professor of Communication at University College London (UK) and Director of the Centre for Multimodal Research at the UCL Institute of Education. His interests are in social interaction, technologyandlearning.Hisresearchisfocusedon(video-)ethnographic studies in health care settings, including the operating room, inten- sive care unit, and ambulance service. Recent books include Multi- modality, Learning and Communication: A Social Semiotic Frame (with Gunther Kress); and Introducing Multimodality (with Carey Jewitt and Kay O’Halloran). Claudine Bonneau is Associate Professor at UQAM School of Manage- ment in Montréal, Canada. She is a member of the Laboratory for Communication and the Digital (LabCMO) and teaches in graduate and undergraduate programs in Information Technology. Her current work xi

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