Sounds of silence

Rhythmanalysis of noise in flexible workspaces

Conference paper (2024)

Authors

Marie M. Hasbi Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
A.H. van Marrewijk Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Design & Construction Management, BI Norwegian Business School
Research Group
Design & Construction Management
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Published Date

2024

Language

English

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Research Group

Design & Construction Management

Abstract

Silence and noise have become an important theme that emerges in studies of collective workspaces. Drawing on an ethnographic field study of a major bank in Paris, this study offers a rhythmanalysis of noise in the context of flexible offices. Findings center noise rhythms as an unfolding in time-space that involves an interlaced relationship between order, and alternations of harmony and conflict. These findings reflect the relational ontological nature of noise and add to a multiplicity perspective on space in organization studies.

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