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Reminder: 2010 Academy of Management Conference PDW on Materiality - June 15 Deadline

  • 1.  Reminder: 2010 Academy of Management Conference PDW on Materiality - June 15 Deadline

    Posted 06-09-2010 07:01
    >>> * 2010 Academy of Management Conference PDW*
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> Submission: *11732* | Sponsor(s): *(OCIS, OMT) *
    >>> *Saturday, Aug 7 2010 10:00AM - 5:00PM* at *Thomson House, McGill
    >>> University*
    >>>
    >>> *Materiality in Organizational Studies: Mapping the Territory*
    >>> Studying sociomateriality
    >>>
    >>> Organizer: *Anne-Laure Fayard*; Imperial College/Polytechnic
    >>> Institute of New
    >>> York U.; [E-Mail This Contact] <mailto:alfayard@poly.edu>
    >>> Organizer: *Wanda J Orlikowski*; Massachusetts Institute of
    >>> Technology; [E-Mail
    >>> This Contact] <mailto:wanda@mit.edu>
    >>> Organizer: *Samer Faraj*; McGill U.; [E-Mail This Contact]
    >>> <mailto:samer.faraj@mcgill.ca>
    >>>
    >>> Recently, a number of organizational scholars have called for
    >>> research that
    >>> takes into account the materiality of organizational tools,
    >>> infrastructure, and
    >>> environments. While we know a good deal about the role and influence of
    >>> technology in organizations, prior approaches have tended to separate
    >>> the social
    >>> and material. As a result, we lack a theoretical framework and
    >>> conceptual
    >>> vocabulary to effectively understand the constitutive entanglement of
    >>> meanings,
    >>> practices, and materialities. We thus propose a Professional Development
    >>> Workshop that will address the opportunities and challenges
    >>> associated with
    >>> developing theoretical and methodological approaches that assume the
    >>> entanglement of technology and organizing. Our workshop has been
    >>> designed to
    >>> include several group activities that allow for a sharing and
    >>> discussion of
    >>> various approaches, methods, and challenges. The aim is to map the
    >>> territory of
    >>> theoretical and methodological perspectives that are currently being
    >>> used to
    >>> study sociomateriality, so as to allow for generative research
    >>> development going
    >>> forward.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> In order to apply to the PDW on Materiality in Organizations,
    >>> participants need
    >>> to submit a short one-page description of their interests and current
    >>> work in
    >>> the area of materiality. This description should also include 1 to 3 key
    >>> questions (e.g., about theory, data, methodology, etc.) that they see
    >>> as crucial
    >>> to mapping the territory of "materiality in organizations," and which
    >>> will
    >>> constitute part of the work of the PDW. This description will help the
    >>> organizers select and organize the participants into appropriate
    >>> clusters
    >>> according to theoretical approach, preferred methodology, and
    >>> empirical focus.
    >>> The deadline for submitting descriptions to the workshop organizers
    >>> is *June 15,
    >>> 2010*. Please send your descriptions by email to alfayard@poly.edu
    >>> <mailto:alfayard@poly.edu>. We will confirm your participation by
    >>> mid-July, at
    >>> which point we will send you an approval code to use the AoM online
    >>> registration
    >>> system. You will then have until *August 4, 2010* to register for the
    >>> PDW with
    >>> the system.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> The workshop will take place from 10 AM to 5 PM at Thompson House,
    >>> McGill
    >>> University 3650 Rue McTavish(a short walk from the conference
    >>> hotels). Lunch and
    >>> refreshments will be provided. The workshop is designed to include
    >>> activities
    >>> that build on each other, so attendance at the whole workshop is
    >>> strongly
    >>> preferred. Please indicate in your application if you have some
    >>> conflict with
    >>> other PDW sessions.
    >>>
    >>> Pre-registration is required for this workshop. Please contact the
    >>> workshop
    >>> organizers to obtain the approval code. To register online, please visit
    >>> https://secure.aomonline.org/PDWReg. The cost to register is $50.00
    >>> and covers
    >>> food and refreshments. The deadline to register online is August 4,
    >>> 2010.
    >>>
    >>> /Search Terms:/ /sociomateriality , organizing , technology /
    >>>
    >>>>
    >>>>> Anne-Laure Fayard
    >>>>> Visiting Scholar, Design London, Imperial College
    >>>>> Assistant Professor of Management
    >>>>> Polytechnic Institute of NYU
    >>>>> 6 Metrotech Center
    >>>>> Brooklyn, New York 11201
    >>>>> alfayard@poly.edu <mailto:alfayard@poly.edu>
    >>>>> http://www.bazartropicando.com/alfwebsite/index.html
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
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