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dc.contributor.authorLe, Audrey
dc.contributor.authorSemel, Beth Michelle
dc.contributor.authorJones, Graham M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-09T21:13:51Z
dc.date.available2016-11-09T21:13:51Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
dc.identifier.issn10551360
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105274
dc.description.abstractHow do people negotiate commitments to engaging in joint activity while at the same time anticipating and managing the inherent risks of collaboration? We explore this question through the ethnographic example of a hackathon, a collaborative software-design competition. We focus specifically on the earliest and, in many ways, most uncertain phase of collaboration, in which commitment and activity simultaneously emerge: team formation. We analyze mercurial allegiances in terms of a technoliberal participation ideology closely associated with the mores of the digital economy, which paradoxically emphasizes intensive project-based collaboration but limited interpersonal responsibility. We examine the verbal and nonverbal resources (such as stance-taking, politeness, reported speech, humor, and gesture) that prospective teammates use to modulate expressions of commitment, and the ways in which they pursue self-interested projects while maintaining social relatedness in order to accomplish joint activity in a context of social volatility. Abstract Comment les individus négocient-ils des engagements pour participer à une activité conjointe tout en anticipant et gérant les risques inhérents à la collaboration? Nous étudions cette question à travers l'exemple ethnographique d'un « hackathon », un concours de programmation informatique collaborative. Nous nous concentrons particulièrement sur la formation de l'équipe qui est la première phase de la collaboration, à bien des égards la plus incertaine, et d'où l'engagement et l'activité émergent simultanément. Nous analysons les allégeances volatiles en termes d'une idéologie de la participation étroitement liée aux mœurs de l'économie numérique, ces solidarités temporaires soulignent paradoxalement une collaboration à forte intensité mais une responsabilité interpersonnelle limitée. Nous examinons les ressources verbales et non-verbales (telles que la prise de position, la politesse, le discours rapporté, l'humour, et la gestuelle) utilisées par des coéquipiers potentiels pour moduler les expressions d'engagement ainsi que les façons dont ils poursuivent des intêrets personnels tout en maintenant des rapports sociaux, ceci dans le but d'accomplir une activité conjointe dans un contexte de volatilité sociale.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant BCS-1258640)en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWiley/American Anthropological Associationen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jola.12104en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceAmerican Anthropological Associationen_US
dc.title“There's no rules. It's hackathon.”: Negotiating Commitment in a Context of Volatile Socialityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationJones, Graham M., Beth Semel, and Audrey Le. “‘There’s No Rules. It’s Hackathon.’: Negotiating Commitment in a Context of Volatile Sociality.” Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 25, no. 3 (December 2015): 322–345. © 2015 American Anthropological Association.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Anthropology Programen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Societyen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorJones, Graham M
dc.contributor.mitauthorSemel, Beth Michelle
dc.relation.journalJournal of Linguistic Anthropologyen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsJones, Graham M.; Semel, Beth; Le, Audreyen_US
dspace.embargo.termsNen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6435-7066
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8534-5950
mit.licensePUBLISHER_POLICYen_US
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