“Slow Down, You Move Too Fast”:

Rethinking the Culture of Busyness and IT

NSF-Sponsored Symposium | Seattle, WA | May 5-7, 2011

 

Schedule

Unless otherwise mentioned, all sessions take place at the Roosevelt Commons Building, 4th floor.


Thursday May 5

5:30-6:30

Informal meeting at the Watertown hotel lobby for Happy Hour


6:30-8:30

Dinner at Harvest Vine

2701 E Madison, Seattle, WA, 98122

Meet at the lobby of the Watertown hotel at 6:30 to ride together





Friday May 6

7:30-8:30

Informal breakfast at the Watertown hotel


8:30-9:00

Walk to Roosevelt Commons Building


9:00-9:30

Welcome and introduction: goals, schedule, outcomes


9:30-10:30

Invited speaker: Chuck Darrah, San Jose State University

Busier than Ever! Why American families can’t slow down


10:30-11:00

Break


11:00-12:00

Personal introductions 1


12:00-1:00

Lunch


1:00-2:00

Personal introductions 2


2:00-2:45

Discussion

Issues and potential work

2:45-3:30

Break: Seattle coffee treasure hunt!


3:30-4:30

Panel + Discussion

Is busyness a problem? If yes, how could it be addressed? What roles do IT play in it?

Panelists: David Levy, Ben Hooker, Gloria Mark, Phoebe Sengers


4:30-6:30

Free time


6:30-8:00

Dinner at Blueacre

1700 7th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101




Saturday May 7

7:30-8:30

Informal breakfast at the Watertown hotel


8:30-9:00

Walk to Roosevelt Commons Building

9:00-10:00

Invited speaker: Judy Wajcman, London School of Economics

Life in the Fast Lane? Toward a sociology of technology and time

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Research proposal small group exercise

11:30-12:30

Groups present research plans and respond to questions

12:30-1:30

Lunch

1:30-3:00

Concluding discussion





Judy Wajcman: ‘Life in the Fast Lane? Toward a sociology of technology and time’

Based on several relevant articles:

  1. 'Life in the Fast Lane? Towards a sociology of technology and time', British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 59, No.1, 2008, pp. 59-77.

  2. 'The Rush Hour: The Character of Leisure Time and Gender Equity', with   Michael Bittman, Social Forces, Vol. 79, No. 1, 2000, pp. 165-189. Reprinted in N. Folbre and M. Bittman (eds) Family Time : The Social Organization of Care. New York: Routledge, 2004, pp. 171-193.

  3. 'Families without Borders: Mobile phones, connectedness and work-home divisions' with Michael Bittman and Jude Brown, Sociology Vol. 42, No.4, 2008, pp. 635-652.

  4. 'Intimate Connections: The Impact of the Mobile Phone on Work/Life Boundaries' with Michael Bittman and Jude Brown, in G.Goggin and L. Hjorth (eds), Mobile Technologies: From Telecommunications to Media, Routledge, 2009, pp. 9-22.

  5. 'The Mobile Phone, Perpetual Contact and Time Pressure', with Michael Bittman and Jude Brown, Work, Employment and Society, Vol. 23, No. 4, 2009, pp. 673-691.

  6. 'Constant Connectivity: Rethinking Interruptions at Work', with Emily Rose, Organization Studies, forthcoming July 2011.