Please join us for our symposium on Vigilantism, Violence, and the Defense of Social Order, Monday August 2, 12:00 - 13:30 EDT.
Session Link:
https://2021.aom.org/meetings/virtual/Q38egKA65PLQKcnQHThis symposium explores the concepts of vigilantism and violence as they relate to the defense of social order. Positioned at the intersection of enforcement, punishment, and actorhood, vigilantes appear to play critical roles in defending social order when the state or other actors with authority are absent or withdrawn. Despite a growing number of articles exploring triggers and tactics of vigilantism in a variety of organizational and institutional contexts, we continue to know very little about vigilantes and the roles they play. Who are these vigilantes? What tactics do they use? How do they experience their own state of vigilantism? What perceptions do others have of them? Are they saviors, rogue agents, or something else altogether? In what ways can vigilantes and the use of violence help us better understand the defense of social order? To address these questions, we bring together four studies which place vigilantism and violence at center stage, three of which empirically examine vigilantes in contexts of pedophile hunting teams, workplaces, and pandemic responses, and one that conceptually offers a fresh look at violence and physical force when it comes to defending social order. Bookended by a brief introduction on vigilantism and violence at the beginning, and a Q&A between participants and audience members at the end, this symposium also offers fruitful linkages between research on vigilantism and violence and other organizational phenomena, including emotions, multimodality, paradox, custodianship, stigma, and extreme practices.
Authors/Presenters: Mark de Rond (U. of Cambridge), Jaco Lok (Macquarie U.), Adrian Marrison (U. of Cambridge), Fan Xuan Chen (U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Katherine DeCelles (U. of Toronto), Karl Aquino (U. of British Columbia), Rich DeJordy (California State U., Fresno), Frank Barrett (Naval Postgraduate School), Tina Dacin (Queen's U.), Brett Crawford (Grand Valley State U.)
Discussant: John Amis (U. of Edinburgh)
We hope to see you on Monday!
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Brett Crawford
Grand Valley State University
Grand Rapids MI
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