Attila Bruni is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the Trento University, Italy, where he teaches Sociology of Organizations and Sociology of Technological Phenomena, and coordinates the Master degree in Organization, Society and Technology (OST).

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Medical Work and Sociomaterial Practices: a Theoretical Overview.- 3. The Research Setting: Doing Ethnography in the operating Room.- 4. Working in the Operating Room, Flirting With Objects and Technologies.- 5. Communicating in the Operating Room: on the Mutual Relationship Between Technical Objects, Communicative Practices, and Organizing.- 6. Learning the Trade: Professional Visions and Organizational Power at Work.- 7. Conclusions.

Attila Bruni is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the Trento University, Italy, where he teaches Sociology of Organizations and Sociology of Technological Phenomena, and coordinates the Master degree in Organization, Society and Technology (OST).

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Medical Work and Sociomaterial Practices: a Theoretical Overview.- 3. The Research Setting: Doing Ethnography in the operating Room.- 4. Working in the Operating Room, Flirting With Objects and Technologies.- 5. Communicating in the Operating Room: on the Mutual Relationship Between Technical Objects, Communicative Practices, and Organizing.- 6. Learning the Trade: Professional Visions and Organizational Power at Work.- 7. Conclusions.

Attila Bruni is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the Trento University, Italy, where he teaches Sociology of Organizations and Sociology of Technological Phenomena, and coordinates the Master degree in Organization, Society and Technology (OST).

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Medical Work and Sociomaterial Practices: a Theoretical Overview.- 3. The Research Setting: Doing Ethnography in the operating Room.- 4. Working in the Operating Room, Flirting With Objects and Technologies.- 5. Communicating in the Operating Room: on the Mutual Relationship Between Technical Objects, Communicative Practices, and Organizing.- 6. Learning the Trade: Professional Visions and Organizational Power at Work.- 7. Conclusions.