Behind the screen: interactive modes and spatiotemporal management in remote work environments.

This study focuses on ethnographic research conducted with eight workers employed by consulting firms based in the cities of Rome, Milan, and Naples. Moving away from a purely quantitative approach, this research seeks to capture the complexity and interconnection among various aspects related to new working modalities, primarily utilizing methods such as participant observation and both semi-structured and unstructured interviews.In synchrony with the widespread transition to hybrid work forms, which largely favor working from home, the study aims to transcend a binary and dichotomous perspective in which remote work is framed in opposition to office work. By integrating a thorough and intersubjective analysis within a theoretical framework that references scholars such as Javier Echeverria, Domenico De Masi, Michel Foucault, Ervin Goffman, and Victor Turner, this study aspires to highlight the dynamic and multidimensional relationships through which these two realities influence each other. The study focuses particularly on themes such as space-time management, productivity enhancement, interactive modalities, and identity processes.