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Film, Video Mindful Work and Technology

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Title

  • Mindful Work and Technology

Summary

  • David Levy, holder of the Harissios Papamarkou Chair in Technology and Education at the John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress, spoke about ways to bring contemplative practices into today's harried workplaces. According to Levy, new information technologies, including e-mail and the World Wide Web, have transformed the way people work, allowing them to collaborate over vast distances and to work at all hours of the day and night. But there is increasing evidence that the stress of working in these accelerated, information-saturated ways is taking a toll on workers, contributing to physical and psychological ailments and loss in attentiveness and time to think. "There is growing scientific evidence that simple contemplative practices, including meditation and yoga, not only relieve stress but encourage states of greater attentiveness," said Levy. "It seems natural to explore how such practices might help us design workplaces and work technologies that support more healthful and productive forms of work."

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2006-03-22.

Headings

  • -  Science, Technology
  • -  Technology, Industry

Notes

  • -  Classification: Technology.
  • -  David M. Levy.
  • -  Recorded on 2006-03-22.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688117

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Mindful Work and Technology. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-22, 2006. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688117/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2006) Mindful Work and Technology. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-22. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688117/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Mindful Work and Technology. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-22, 2006. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688117/>.