Does your research interest lie in organizational learning, collective/ social memory, or strategic ignorance?
This PDW is for YOU.
Organizational Mnemonics: The 'Historical Turn' and the Research on Learning, Memory, and Ignorance
DATE & TIME
Friday, Aug 9 2019 10:15AM - 12:15PM
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LOCATION
Boston Marriott Copley Place, Grand Ballroom Salon CD
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Organizers
- Diego M. Coraiola, University of Alberta
- Maria Jose (Majo) Murcia, IAE Universidad Austral
- François Bastien, University of Alberta
- Fernanda Tsuguichi, University of Victoria
Panelists
- Mary Crossan, Western University
- Pablo Martin de Holan, Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College
- Jukka Rintamäki, Loughborough University London
- William M. Foster, University of Alberta
- Gabrielle Durepos, Mount Saint Vincent University
- Marcos Barros, Grenoble Ecole de Management
Discussant
- Michael Rowlinson, University of Exeter
Aims and Scope
The goal of this PDW is twofold. First, we want to bring together scholars from the three main traditions of thought within the field of organizational mnemonics. We use the concept of mnemonics as a reference to a broader field of inquiry than what is usually included within the research on organizational learning and knowledge management. We argue that the field organizational mnemonics focuses on theorizing about the past as an integral part of organizational life. In addition to the research on organizational learning and knowledge, we include as part of the field the communities interested in the study of collective memory and the uses of the past in organizations, as well as the research on ignorance, stupidity, forgetting-work, and ANTi-history.
So far, however, these communities have been as separate epistemic communities and have rarely engaged directly with one another. This PDW will provide an important forum to display the range of approaches that constitute the field of organizational mnemonics and presenting the some of the multiple possibilities of research within and between approaches.
Format of the PDW
The PDW will comprise two parts:
In the first part, a group of seasoned researchers will share their experience working in the field and present a view about the future of the research on organizational mnemonics. Pre-registration for the first part will not be required.
The second part will focus on providing feedback and career advice to PhD students and Early Career scholars. Participation in the second part of the PDW will require the pre-submission of an extended abstract (750 words). The participants will be assigned to roundtables with the panelists and other participants. They will all read each other abstracts in advance and will receive feedback from one another as well as from the panelists during the roundtables.
PDW Submission Requirements
Scholars interested in participating of the second part of the PDW and get feedback in their research should submit an extended abstract (up to 750-words) to be read in advance by members of the roundtable.
NEW Deadline for submission is June 30. Abstracts should be submitted to Diego M. Coraiola at coraiola@ualberta.ca.
We will accept a maximum of 14 short papers based on research relevance and quality.
Please direct all enquiries regarding the PDW to Diego Coraiola coraiola@ualberta.ca or Majo Murcia mmurcia@iae.edu.ar.
Looking forward to meeting in Boston!
Diego, Majo, François, and Fernanda.
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Maria Murcia
Assistant Professor
IAE Business School - Argentina
Buenos Aires
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