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Forwarded on behalf of Maria Ceci Misoczky. All the best, Armin ______ Call for Papers I would like to draw your attention to the Call for short papers for the "Sub-theme 58: Organizational Practices of Social Movements: The Power of Organizing from Below" of the upcoming 32nd EGOS Colloquium in Naples, Italy, July 7-9, 2016. Convenors: Maria Ceci Misoczky ([log in to unmask]); Steffen Böhm ([log in to unmask]); Guilherme Dornelas Camara ([log in to unmask]) The study of social movements in the field of Organization Studies (OS) has been largely influenced by theories constructed to analyze business organizations and their interactions with formal and informal social movement organizations. In this way, OS has remained relatively blind to the processes of organizing and the knowledge produced in the organizational practices from below. These organizational practices from below are usually hidden from the view of hegemonic structuralist management and organization knowledge: popular struggles, anti-corporative movements, occupy events, self-organized workers cooperatives, community groups, indigenous people resistances/struggles, peasant organizations, to name but a few (Misoczky & Moraes, 2011). There is also a North-South dimension that is important to consider: as OS is still dominated by Western/Northern perspectives, organizational practices from the South/East tend to be ignored or marginalized. The intention of this stream is to fill this gap and, in accordance with Dunayevskaya (1982), to make the movement from practice to theory. For her, the practice from below is itself a form of theory. In the same way, Rauber (2004) defends the need of articulating two dimensions of critical reflexive thought: the knowledge that is theoretically elaborated and the knowledge that emerges from below and remains, most of the time, restrained to the practices and spaces of struggle. In previous streams organized for CMS and LAEMOS, we focused on the critique of hegemonic and exploitative organizational practices and over 60 presenters put forward a critique of dominant power regimes. With this EGOS sub-theme, we are specifically interested in the political organization of grassroots struggles and resistances against these hegemonic power regimes. In our view, it is vitally important for OS to see and engage with these organizational practices, as otherwise our field would contribute to the reproduction of existing power regimes, rather than analyzing and disseminating those practices of hope that challenge dominant frames of organizational analysis. We encourage submissions that address the power of organizing from below. We particularly invite – but do by no means restrict submissions to – manuscripts on one or several of the following topics: The analysis of social movements and popular struggles, exploring the theoretical issues that are embedded in their practices Theoretical dialogues with the knowledge produced by activists in their organizational processes The organizational significance of ephemeral movements and/or events Analysis of the practices of alternative (that is, non-hegemonic) organizations and their resistances/struggles in both South and North Critical discussion and reflection on what constitutes 'alternatives' and what organizational practices from below can be seen as contributing to the reproduction of existing regimes of power; The dialectics of organization in its multiple contradictions such as spontaneity/organization, autonomy/demands to the state, horizontality/hierarchies, leadership/leading by obeying, critical strategic reasoning/refusal of strategic reasoning Organizational practices as experiments of prefigurative politics Meanings and limits of self-organization practices The organizational dimension in occupying events Methodologies for studying social struggles and their limits References Dunayevskaya, R. (1982): Marxism and Freedom: From 1976 until Today. Amherst, NJ: Humanities Press. Misoczky, M.C., & Moraes, J. (2011): Práticas organizacionais em escolas de movimentos sociais. Porto Alegre, RS: Dacasa. Rauber, I. (2004): "La transformación social en el siglo XXI: camino de reformas o de revolución." Pasado y Presente, 21, 1–26. Deadline for submission of short papers: January 11, 2016, 23:59:59 CET. Short papers should focus on the main ideas of the paper, i.e. they should explain the purpose of the paper, theoretical background, the research gap that is addressed, the approach taken, the methods of analysis (in empirical papers), main findings, and contributions. In addition, it is useful to indicate clearly how the paper links with the sub-theme and the overall theme of the Colloquium, although not all papers need to focus on the overall theme. Creativity, innovativeness, theoretical grounding, and critical thinking are typical characteristics of EGOS papers. Your short paper should comprise 3,000 words (inc. references, all appendices and other material). If you intend to submit a short paper, please first take a look at the Guidelines and criteria for the submission of short papers at EGOS Colloquia. More information: http://www.egosnet.org/2016_naples/general_theme -- Maria Ceci Misoczky Docente e Pesquisadora da Escola de Administração - UFRGS Coordenadora do Grupo de Pesquisa Organização e Práxis Libertadora Co-Chair, International CMS Board End: Rua Wasghington Luiz 855 sala 427 Porto Alegre RS 90010460 e.mail: [log in to unmask]