Exploring the project transitions and everyday mobile practices of freelancers: emergent concepts from empirical studies of practice

Sadler, KA; Robertson, TJ; Kan, MM

Exploring the project transitions and everyday mobile practices of freelancers: emergent concepts from empirical studies of practice

Sadler, KA Robertson, TJ Kan, MM

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Publisher:: CHISIG
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: OZCHI2009, 2009, pp. 81 - 88
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Sadler, KA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Robertson, TJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kan, MM	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Kjeldskov, J	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Paay, J	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Viller, S	en_US
dc.date	2009-11-23	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	OZCHI2009, 2009, pp. 81 - 88	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-60558-854-4	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11934
dc.description.abstract	We present analytic concepts that emerged from field studies of the everyday practices of Film and Television Freelancers. We categorised the freelancers mobile practices into two dimensions: the interplay of flux and stability, and the interplay of the macro and the micro. These dimensions emphasised two key practices that the freelancers engaged in while using technologies to manage change in their lives: sustaining and transitioning practices. These concepts structure our findings in a way that may provide technology designers and researchers with a useful conceptual tool. These concepts draw attention to two aspects that have been little explored in the literature on understanding mobile practices. Firstly, the everyday uses of technologies to manage transitions between longer term durations of practices. Secondly, the integral role of stable contexts, beyond remote work spaces alone, for supporting and shaping mobile practices.	en_US
dc.publisher	CHISIG	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	OZCHI2009	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference	en_US
dc.title	Exploring the project transitions and everyday mobile practices of freelancers: emergent concepts from empirical studies of practice	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Melbourne	en_US
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utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
utslib.for	120304 Digital and Interaction Design	en_US
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dc.location.activity	Melbourne	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
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Abstract:

We present analytic concepts that emerged from field studies of the everyday practices of Film and Television Freelancers. We categorised the freelancers mobile practices into two dimensions: the interplay of flux and stability, and the interplay of the macro and the micro. These dimensions emphasised two key practices that the freelancers engaged in while using technologies to manage change in their lives: sustaining and transitioning practices. These concepts structure our findings in a way that may provide technology designers and researchers with a useful conceptual tool. These concepts draw attention to two aspects that have been little explored in the literature on understanding mobile practices. Firstly, the everyday uses of technologies to manage transitions between longer term durations of practices. Secondly, the integral role of stable contexts, beyond remote work spaces alone, for supporting and shaping mobile practices.

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