This topical book explores changes in how work and workplaces are organised, specifically what happens with community building when colleagues are not meeting in person daily. The authors propose to consider this issue by focusing on communing, that is on how common ground is created and maintained, and by considering technology as an actor active in the meeting alongside the participants.At its core, the book explores whether virtual meetings can enable the creation of common grou...

This timely book explores the ways in which the future of work and associated digital technologies are imagined in contemporary society. Drawing on a wealth of original research, the book features detailed case studies that link broad sociological concepts to everyday practice.Building on the view that ideas about the future matter, the authors examine four imaginaries, namely work as rational, work as human-machine collaboration, work as freedom and work as self-improvement. They ...