Emplaced and Embodied Mobility in Organizations
Abstract
Following insights of phenomenology, this paper aims to contribute to a critical
understanding of being emplaced and embodied in relation to mobility in organizations.
From a relational perspective, being mobile is interpreted as a way of being bodily
mediated thus relationally and performatively placed. Recognizing mobility as a dynamic,
de-centred event in relation to embodiment, leads to the development of the concept and
practice of ‘inter-place’ in organizations. Following from this, moving bodies at work and
tele-presence in organizations are discussed as being situated between moving places and
inter-placed movement. Finally, theoretical, methodological and political implications
and some limitations are outlined. The conclusion offers some perspectives on
alternative, more responsible and sustainable practices of embodied and emplaced
mobility in organizational life-worlds.