The 4th International Workshop 
PHENOMENOLOGY ORGANISATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Organised by the Working Group for Phenomenology, Organisation and Technology (POT)
        EM LYON (Ecole de Management de Lyon) 
        Lyon, France, 22-24 September 2005

Following the success of the first three International POT Workshops, held at the LSE, London, UK (2002), at the Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal (2003), and at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland (2004), the POT Working Group calls for papers and participation for its 4th annual event.

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION

As many researchers struggle to give an account of everyday phenomena in organisations, of our 'being-with-others' and of our immersion in information and communication technology, which resonate with our actual experience of life, they increasingly turn to phenomenology. Phenomenology provides us with a way to get back to the actuality of the 'everyday' life of organized/organizing human beings working in and through the mediation of organization. Phenomenology since Husserl introduced a fundamental critique of western rationality which is focused on building abstract models and deriving action from these abstractions: "a pure thinking' which remains exclusively within the realm of pure limit-shapes". With phenomenology Husserl introduces a method, or rather a way of thinking, that provides a renewed and sensible understanding of situations, events, things and human beings. This approach has been seminal to many authors such as Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Schutz, Levinas, Derrida, Henry, and so forth.  Through phenomenology we aim to disclose, not facts, but rather the ongoing meaning of working, speaking and/or informing, organising, planning, decision making, innovating, etc. as revealed in ongoing organisational life. It is with this challenge in mind that the workshop sees its task. The workshop will aim to develop and explore phenomenological analysis and accounts - either applying the phenomenological method of investigation, its techniques, or by grounding research in previous phenomenological findings -  of phenomena such as (but not limited to):

* Media, mediating and mediation * Collaboration and cooperation * Communicating and working * Information and communication technology use * Virtualisation of everyday and organisational life * Connecting and being connected * Ethics and mediation * Technology and human interaction        * Technology, learning and improvisation * Strategy, strategizing, strategic thought * Innovation and innovating * Decision-making, judgment and intuition * Knowledge, knowing and action * Organisation and organising * Organisational language and languaging * Technology and design 	

The workshop will be limited to 25-30 participants. We intend it to be informal and interactive, for immersion and learning. We welcome contributions from those who have a substantive interest in phenomenology or who are keen to develop such an interest. The overall aim of the workshop is to develop and foster the community of phenomenological researchers in the fields of Communication Studies, Media and New Media, Organisational Studies, Social Studies of Technology, Information Systems, Sociology, CSCW, HCI, etc. If you are interested to participate send an extended abstract (1000-1500 words) or a full paper to any of the three co-chairs:

Lucas Introna, Lancaster University Management School Lancaster, UK
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Eric Faÿ, EM Lyon France
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Fernando Ilharco, The School of Human Sciences Catholic University of Portugal
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Closing date: ASAP, but not later than 15 May 2005                        
Notification of acceptance: 15 June 2005
Final papers due: 1 September 2005

Programme Committee
Lucas Introna, Lancaster University, UK 
Fernando Ilharco, Catholic University of Portugal  
Hannakaisa Isomaki, University of Lapland, Finland 
Bogdan Costea, Lancaster University, UK 
Anjana Bhattacharjee, Brunel University, UK 	
Eric Faÿ, EM Lyon, France 
Ken Uchiyama, Daito-Bunka University, Japan 
Louise Whittaker, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa 
Michael Waltemathe, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany 
Hervé Corvellec, Lund University & GRI, Sweden	

Some papers arising from this workshop may be considered for a special issue of the European Journal of Information Systems (2006-2007), to be guest edited by Anjana Bhattacharjee and Lucas Introna, subject to normal refereeing process.



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