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Reddy, Informatics  \nProfessor Christopher M. Kelty, University of California, Los Angeles  \n© 2025 Marina Fedorova  \nDEDICATION  \nTo my grandparents,  \nwho never saw me graduate but whose love continues to carry me forward  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \n[LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................... vi](LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................... vi)  \n[ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...............................](ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...............................)............................................................................. vii  \nVITA .............................................................................................................................................. ix  \nABSTRACT.................................................................................................................................... x  \nINTRODUCTION: Visualizing Work and the Challenges of Technology-Enabled Visibility in the Workplace ................................................................................................................................. 1  \nResearch Motivation ..................................................................................................................................2  \nTheoretical Contribution ............................................................................................................................3  \nEmpirical Contribution ..............................................................................................................................4  \nOverview of the Chapters ..........................................................................................................................5  \nCHAPTER 1: Theoretical Framing, Research Setting, and Methods........................................... 11  \nTheoretical Framing: Expanding Articulation Work and Explaining Uneven Distribution of Articulating Efforts ....................................................................................................................... 11  \nThe Trouble with Visibility ..................................................................................................................... 11  \nVisible Work............................................................................................................................................ 13  \nMaking Work Visible .............................................................................................................................. 15  \nThe Work of Making Work Visible: Toward a Reexamination of Articulation Work ...........................20  \nResearch Setting....................................................","cbCaimcIle5BE9F7","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimcIle5BE9F7","pdf",7197211,321,"English","# INTRODUCTION: Visualizing Work and the Challenges of Technology-Enabled Visibility in the Workplace\n## Research Motivation\n## Theoretical Contribution\n## Empirical Contribution\n## Overview of the Chapters\n# CHAPTER 1: Theoretical Framing, Research Setting, and Methods\n## Theoretical Framing: Expanding Articulation Work and Explaining Uneven Distribution of Articulating Efforts\n## Research Setting\n## Methods and Analysis\n# CHAPTER 2: The Myth of the Managerless Office","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the dissertation address regarding workplace visibility?\",\"answer\":\"It addresses the challenges of technology-enabled visibility and how they affect what work becomes visible and how that visibility is managed in workplace contexts.\"},{\"question\":\"What is “articulation work” in the dissertation’s framework?\",\"answer\":\"The dissertation uses “articulation work” to describe the practical labor involved in making work legible, explainable, and coordinated, including how such efforts are distributed unevenly.\"},{\"question\":\"What empirical setting is used to study game development work?\",\"answer\":\"The study centers on a game development team (CrossCut/CrossCu), using workplace observations, object-following, and workplace-based data analysis to examine how work is made visible.\"}]","Through a Glass, Darkly - Making Work Visible and Multiple Articulations of Game Development - Dissertation | PDF",1789218607,112]