Mundane Objects and the Banality of Evil: The Sociomateriality of a Death Camp

Clegg, SR; Pina e Cunha, M; Rego, A; Dias, J

Mundane Objects and the Banality of Evil: The Sociomateriality of a Death Camp

Clegg, SR

Pina e Cunha, M Rego, A Dias, J

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Citation:: Journal of Management Inquiry, 2013, 22 (3), pp. 325 - 340
Issue Date:: 2013-07-01

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dc.contributor.author	Clegg, SR https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Pina e Cunha, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rego, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dias, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-07-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Management Inquiry, 2013, 22 (3), pp. 325 - 340	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1056-4926	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/23938
dc.description.abstract	In this article, we study one organization that played a pivotal role in the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s: the S-21 extermination center. We analyze, in particular, how processes of sociomateriality in the death camp contributed to create order and normalcy in an extreme and abnormal organization. A more nuanced view of agency ensues from this analysis, one that helps the understanding of how the creation of material spaces critically influences organizing, including the organizing of genocide. © The Author(s) 2013.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Management Inquiry	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1056492612461949	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	Mundane Objects and the Banality of Evil: The Sociomateriality of a Death Camp	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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In this article, we study one organization that played a pivotal role in the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s: the S-21 extermination center. We analyze, in particular, how processes of sociomateriality in the death camp contributed to create order and normalcy in an extreme and abnormal organization. A more nuanced view of agency ensues from this analysis, one that helps the understanding of how the creation of material spaces critically influences organizing, including the organizing of genocide. © The Author(s) 2013.

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