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* 2010 Academy of Management Conference PDW*

  • 1.  * 2010 Academy of Management Conference PDW*

    Posted 05-11-2010 06:41
    > * 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
    >>>
    >>>