From: David Boje <
dboje@NMSU.Edu>
Subject: Call to Deconstruct Las Vegas-Meets March 30-Apr 2nd 2000
Please Excuse and Multiple Postiongs- Some of you are on multiple lists I have.
I thought some Management Education folks might have an interest:
We have a chance to do something great.
Help us Deconstruct Las Vegas - call at
http://cbae.nmsu.edu/~dboje/ (Bookmark)
Please help me spread the word. Thanks.
IABD is once again sponsoring the CRITICAL and POSTMODERN theory track.
CRITICAL POSTMODERN ORGANIZATION THEORY Track Theme:
Deconstructing Las Vegas
Deadline for Submission of your paper/abstract is November 7, 1999
Track Chairs Grace Ann Rosile NMU
garosile@aol.com and David Boje
dboje@nmsu.edu
12th ANNUAL Conference March 30-April 2, 2000 Las Vegas, Nevada
Thrusday thru Sunday
2000 Convention Dates and Locations
Riviera Hotel Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Our CRITICAL POSTMODERN TRACK will focus on one or two days
"DECONSTRUCTING LAS VEGAS." Other day(s) will focus on our regular critical
and postmodern conversation pit.
Background Reading on Deconstructing Las Vegas (see web site
http://cbae.nmsu.edu/~dboje/).
Boje's quick references to differences between postmod, CT, social
construction, and poststructure perspectives (see web site
http://cbae.nmsu.edu/~dboje/).
We have an excellent opportunity to apply our critical and postmodern
organization perspectives to Las Vegas. Try to visit the Coke Digital
Storytelling Theater, Mirage, MBM Grand etc. before sessions begin on
Thrusday (come Wednesday if you like). And we hope to do some limited visits
of Vegas
spectacles, going back stage, as part of the regular event.
Please be sure to stay at the Riviera Hotel. We have gotten special rates in
return for promising that almost everyone will stay at the Riviera Hotel
Casino, which is conveniently located with many amenities and free shuttle
service to and from Las Vegas Airport (Tell em your with IABD)..
For reservations and more information contact:
Riviera Hotel Casino
2901 Las Vegas, NV 89109
800-634-3414; 702-734-5110.
Registration is $150 by March 15, 2000 or $175 there after (see web site).
Student rate is $40 (but does not include paper publication). Please submit
3 double space copies (max 20 pages) and certify by letter which author will
show up (email letters are OK).
Note: Accepted papers (5 page single-spaced) will be published in the annual
Business Research Yearbook
We anticipate high demand for the Crical Postmodern track:
ONE to Two Days: Open to symposia, papers, and panels on Deconstruction Las
Vegas using postmodern and critical theories of organization, ecology,
labor, and late capitalism. Due to popular demand, we will focus a day,
perhaps two on contirubtions to Decontrstructing Las Vegas. We are focused
on getting books and issues out of this one. Prefer to have position papers
distributed (on web if possible or you distribute to list of other
presenters, if you prefer) before the sessions begin, so people come having
read the materials.
A Day or More: with Non-Las Vegas papers presented in symposium,
panels or poster sessions. This one is akin to our regular mix of critical
postmodern faire. It is conversation as usual.
1.Cyber Workplaces and Cyber Universities
2.Deconstructing the New Spirituality in the Workplace Movements
3.Knowledge (slave) work
4.Ecofeminism
5.Dialogues between Appreciative and Depreciative Inquiry
6.The Biotech Century
7.The end of time and place
8.Post-Work: Identity after the end of work
9.Managerial and workplace violence
10.Keys to Disempowerment pretending empowerment
11.Storytelling in a pluralistic world
12.Predatory Capitalism and labor process
13.How to teach critical and postmdoern theory and keep your job?
14.From Spectacles of production and consumption to simplicity
15.Other critical and postmodern works (propose them and let us
know)
More about Deconstructing Las Vegas: We are planning a Deconstructing
Las Vegas book (seeking publisher), journal issues (e.g. JOCM and others we
are approaching). Besides your proceedings paper, we intend to put together
a theme book and one or more journal issues on this. The number of
presentation slots is limited, but we can provide space for related papers
to be published in the proceeedings and air time in some panels.
The following people have said they intend to come and present (As
you decide your topics, please contact me so I can insert them below):
Deconstructing Las Vegas:
Steve Best, UTEP Department of Philosophy
Douglas Kellner, UT/UCLA Philosophy/Education Departments
David Knights, UK
John Hassard, UK
Ken Ehrensal, USA (Has invited union representatives panel to
discuss the critical theory labor issues in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas -- A Labor Perspective This session will invite several
local labor leaders to discuss the impact that the entertainment and
gaming industry has had on local workers.
Fuat Firat, USA (Editor of Consumption Markets & Culture Journal)
Steve Linstead, Austrailia
Adrian Carr, Australia
Dominique Besson, France
Send your paper or session abstract to
Grace Ann Rosile or David Boje
Department of Management
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001 Phone 505-646-1201 Fax 505-646-1372