”Yeah! We’re Open”: Transdimensional Openness in Alternative Entrepreneurship
2015 (engelsk)Konferansepaper, Oral presentation only (Fagfellevurdert)
Abstract [en]
The present ethnographic study explores the dynamics of “inside” and “outside” in diversity management and CSR. In focus is the Hungarian IT-company Prezi that engages in social issues such as gender equality, LGBT rights and anti-racism. Openness is Prezi’s watchword; by referring to themselves as open, the company aims to attract employees and foster a creative work process. Yet, to establish this openness, new insides and outsides need to be created. The study uses the work of Giorgio Agamben to trace the production of openness in various dimensions of the enterprise: boundaries between work and spare time, categorical divisions, organizational borders, and walls and other barriers in the office landscape. It is argued that while Prezi’s constellation of various types of openness is an efficient tool for social impact, the company’s production of transdimensional openness risks depoliticizing urgent social issues.
sted, utgiver, år, opplag, sider
2015.
Emneord [en]
Entrepreneurship, diversity management, Giorgio Agamben, Hungary, LGBTQ activism, queer theory, Pride Parade
HSV kategori
Forskningsprogram
Sociologi; Företagsekonomi; Teknisk fysik med inriktning mot industriell teknik
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-261177OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-261177DiVA, id: diva2:850213
Konferanse
In the Flow: People, Media, Materialities, ACSIS Conference, 15-17 June, Norrköping, Sweden
Prosjekter
Videography of 'Alternative Entrepreneurships' - Prezi's cultivation of openness and anti-racism
Merknad
Forskningsprojektet är finansierat av Ragnar Söderbergs stiftelse.
2015-09-012015-08-312017-12-19