... thanks for all the suggestions. Steven, perhaps it is that paper I'm looking for. Did you or Diana mention it already within Aacorn? But I do not remember the notion of Stanislawski. The topic focused precisely on how to construct authenticity (in the perception of a potential target) by branding. It made a difference between pure construction - pop music - and the notion of emphasising an existing identiy. (I think the example was the jazz-musician Meredith Monk.) It can also be that I read the information in another context as Aacorn. Thanks Steven, if you could share a copy. I will see, if it is linked to my questions. Jürgen ----- Original Message ----- From: Ariane Berthoin Antal To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 6:26 PM Subject: Re: ?authenticity? definition Hi, authenticity sounds great, what we all want, right? More of it! The artists know all about it and modern organizations call for it, with the heartfel help of consultants, professors, and other academics. And yet.... the warning from Boltanski and Chiapello about the absorption of the artistic critique into New Management cannot be sniffed at. To what extent/when/how are we unwittingly contributing to the silencing of social critique? Ariane Taylor, Steven S. wrote: > Jurgen, > > Donna Ladkin and I have a paper in press at "Leadership Quarterly" on the > construction of authenticity that draws heavily upon Stanislavski's work. > > It's: Ladkin, D & Taylor, S. S. In Press. Enacting the 'true self': Towards > a theory of embodied authentic leadership, Leadership Quarterly. > > I could share a copy of it, if that would be helpful. But it has nothing to > do with branding. > > - Steve > > > On 5/15/09 8:03 AM, "Vincent Degot" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >> Jürgen, may be you could have a look at the work of Stanislavski "the training >> of the actor", "the construction of the character" (free translation from >> French!) which led to the actor's studio >> >> best >> >> Vincent >> >> > > > > Steven S. Taylor, PhD > Associate Professor > Worcester Polytechnic Institute > Department of Management > 100 Institute Rd > Worcester, MA 01609 > USA > +1 508-831-5557 > [log in to unmask] > -- ************************************ Prof. Dr. Ariane Berthoin Antal Senior Fellow Research Unit "Cultural Sources of Newness" Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) Reichpietschufer 50, D-10785 Berlin Tel: *49 30 25491-205 Fax: *49 30 25491-209 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] http://wzb.eu/gwd/kneu/people/berthoin_antal.en.htm ************************************