Telecommuting: subjugating and building subjectivities

This paper article presents the research results of a thesis that aimed at understanding telecommuting from the power/knowledge theoretical perspective. In this sense, telecommuting is understood as a discourse that simultaneously subjugates and builds subjectivities. The article explores how telecommuters make sense out of their experience through the analysis of their discoursive practices. Twenty-five telecommuters residing in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were interviewed. All of them hold steady job positions and perform knowledge-intensive tasks.

telecommuting; power; subjectivity; discourse; discursive practices