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The French feminist contribution: Humanizing organizations through esthetically informed, philosophical modes of representation
Author(s) -
Bissett Ngaire,
Birch Jill
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gender, work and organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.159
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0432
pISSN - 0968-6673
DOI - 10.1111/gwao.12678
Subject(s) - representation (politics) , embodied cognition , phenomenon , mode (computer interface) , sociology , epistemology , expression (computer science) , aesthetics , computer science , political science , philosophy , law , politics , programming language , operating system
This collaborative paper explores ways in which a “haptic” mode of representation can challenge restrictive academic logocentric forms of representation, by imagining an “affective wisdom” related, mode of embodied writing. The first author draws on three French feminist scholars to depict this as an affinities based, ethical framework, which reflects the depth of expression that marks our organizational lives. The second author illustrates this philosophically grounded representational esthetic, by advancing a series of craftwork culturalist interpretations, which enhance our appreciation of leadership practice as a relationally embedded phenomenon.