Polyana Silva

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Polyana Silva is a leading voice in the emerging field of posthuman organization studies, where she reimagines the boundaries between humans, technology, and work. Her most influential work, the 2024 chapter “Organization Studies and Posthumanism” (19 citations), introduces a groundbreaking Deleuzoguattarian cartographic method for analyzing human–robotic workplaces. Rather than viewing robots as tools or threats, Silva proposes cartographic mapping as a dynamic, process-based research perspective that captures the fluid, entangled relationships between human and nonhuman actors in organizational life. This innovative approach challenges traditional hierarchies and opens new pathways for studying collaboration, power, and identity in technologically mediated environments. With her work gaining rapid traction among scholars in organization theory, science and technology studies, and critical management, Silva is establishing herself as a key architect of posthuman methodologies. Her contributions are essential reading for researchers seeking to understand how emerging technologies reshape work, agency, and collective action in the twenty-first century.