Dear AACORNERs
2016 is the last year for which we could obtain an extension of the EGOS
Standing Working Group on Arts, Design and Organizations, so we really
hope many AACORNERs will join us for the annual conference in Naples!
We have decided to focus on "Transitional Spaces and Practices in
Organizations: Questioning the Powers of Art and Design".
Deadline for submissions of short papers is January 11 2016.
We look forward to seeing your ideas!
Ariane, Victor and Philippe
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Sub-theme 09: (SWG) Transitional Spaces and Practices in Organizations:
Questioning the Powers of Art and Design
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Convenors:
Ariane Berthoin Antal, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
Berlin (WZB), Germany
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Victor J. Friedman, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Israel
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Philippe Mairesse, CNRS ACTE / Art & Flux, Université Paris 1, France
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Call for Papers
Transgression and subversion are traditionally considered typical of art
practices (Strati & Guillet de Monthoux, 2002; Barry & Meisiek, 2010;
Bourriaud, 2002). But what happens when the arts and design enter
organizations?
Scholars suggest that subversion could drive entrepreneurship (Bureau &
Zander, 2014), or that some transgressive spaces organize the disorder
(Parker, 2011). Transitional practices and objects (Winnicot, 1971;
Steyaert & Hjorth, 2002) draw attention to areas where the boundaries
between the acceptable and misconducts are blurred (Land et al., 2014).
While some warn against organizational hypocrisy (Brunsson, 1989) or
silencing-by-mainstreaming (Boltanski & Chiapello, 1999), others note the
transitional zone's potential for indeterminacy (Strati, 2014). The link
between aesthetics and power is proving fruitful for critical research.
The transgressive quality of playing with rules while surpassing them
(Styhre, 2008) in a space where individuals can begin to think and see
differently is what Rancière (2004) defines as the aesthetic ability to
reconfigure situations politically.
The arts and design can open transgressive “transitional spaces”
(Steyaert, 2010)—conceptualized as "enclaves" (Friedman, 2011),
"interspaces" (Berthoin Antal & Strauß, 2013) or "fabulation" (Deleuze,
1990) – for invention and questioning. We welcome contributions addressing
power, space, the arts, design and organizations, including critical
thinking on art, design and organizations (ADO) from gender perspectives
(Biehl-Missal, 2015).
Potential questions:
How are transitional spaces formed under the influence of arts and
design, and what kind of influence can they have on the dominant
field?
Under what conditions can the arts and design subvert the power
structures of organizations? When do they instead reinforce dominant
ways of thinking and behaving?
How do the power of materials and objects influence processes of
opening or closing what is conceived of as
possible/desirable/unacceptable in organizations?
How can gender be attended to better in theorizing ADO in future?
Can organizational studies unpack the notions of "the power of" art
and design?
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Prof. Dr. Ariane Berthoin Antal
Research Group "Science Policy Studies"
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Reichpietschufer 50
10785 Berlin, Germany
http://www.wzb.eu/en/persons/ariane-berthoin-antal
Blog: www.culturalsourcesofnewness.net
Research program:
http://www.wzb.eu/de/forschung/gesellschaft-und-wirtschaftliche-dynamik/wissenschaftspolitik/projekte/kuenstlerische-interventionen
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