Warren, Samantha (2012) Having an eye for it: aesthetics, ethnography and the senses. Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 1 (1). pp. 107-118. DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/20466741211220705
Warren, Samantha (2012) Having an eye for it: aesthetics, ethnography and the senses. Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 1 (1). pp. 107-118. DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/20466741211220705
Warren, Samantha (2012) Having an eye for it: aesthetics, ethnography and the senses. Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 1 (1). pp. 107-118. DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/20466741211220705
Abstract
<jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Purpose</jats:title><jats:p>The purpose of this paper is to discuss participant‐led photography as a response to the author's need for an “aesthetic approach” to ethnography during fieldwork, including the importance of an embodied, sensory orientation to ethnography in organizational contexts.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title><jats:p>The paper reviews a range of literature and draws on the author's experiences to support a conceptual argument.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Findings</jats:title><jats:p>There is currently scant attention to the sensory dimension of ethnographic practice and the paper puts forward an agenda for future research.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Research limitations/implications</jats:title><jats:p>Suggestions are made as to how aesthetic and/or sensory ethnography can support changing landscapes of organizational research.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Originality/value</jats:title><jats:p>In drawing together multidisciplinary literature, the paper advances the agenda of ethnographic research in organizational life.</jats:p></jats:sec>
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Aesthetics; consumption; organizational ethnography; photography; research work; senses; sensory perception |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2013 12:51 |
Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2024 11:46 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/6904 |