The Performativity of Objects: The Sociomaterial role of 'imaginal others'

Conor Horan; John Finch; Emma Reid

doi:10.21427/d7z20k

The Performativity of Objects: The Sociomaterial role of 'imaginal others'

Conor Horan, John Finch, Emma Reid

School of Marketing and Entrepreneurship

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Abstract

In this paper we assess how objects can provide us with a clearer understanding of performativity especially when these objects become accounted for and calculated among actors as they review relationships. We assert that objects carry with them, and are associated with generalized others, understood here as imaginal others which as a concept used n this paper also contributes to objects’ performativity.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21427/d7z20k
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	European Group for Organisation Studies (EGOS) Conference - Rotterdam, Netherlands Duration: 1 Jul 2014 → 31 Jul 2014

Conference

Conference	European Group for Organisation Studies (EGOS) Conference
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Rotterdam
Period	1/07/14 → 31/07/14

Keywords

performativity
objects
imaginal others
sociomaterial role
relationships

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10.21427/d7z20kLicence: CC BY-NC-SA

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