Paper Info
Title
The Freedom Trap: Digital Nomads And The Use Of Disciplining Practices To Manage Work/Leisure Boundaries
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 finds 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 first 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 fieldwork examines the extent of these disciplining practices and reveals that they are utilised to keep work and leisure time separate.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1007/s40558-020-00172-4
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & TOURISM
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Discipline, Time use, Work, leisure boundaries, Neoliberalism, Longitudinal research, Anthropology
Journal
22
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
1098-3058
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Dave Cook100.34