Cook, D;
(2020)
The freedom trap: digital nomads and the use of disciplining practices to manage work/leisure boundaries.
Information Technology and Tourism
10.1007/s40558-020-00172-4.
(In press).
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Abstract
The digital nomad idea of freedom is often a generalised and subjective notion of freedom that imagines a lifestyle and future where the tensions between work and leisure melt away. This paper fnds that in practice, digital nomadism is not always experienced as autonomous and free but is a way of living that requires high levels of discipline and self-discipline. The research suggests that digital nomads often overlook the role of disciplining practices when frst starting out, and do not foresee how working in sites of leisure and tourism might make managing a balance between work and non-work problematic. Longitudinal ethnographic feldwork examines the extent of these disciplining practices and reveals that they are utilised to keep work and leisure time separate.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The freedom trap: digital nomads and the use of disciplining practices to manage work/leisure boundaries |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40558-020-00172-4 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s40558-020-00172-4 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Discipline · Time use · Work/leisure boundaries · Neoliberalism · Longitudinal research · Anthropology |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Anthropology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10109302 |
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