Staying quiet or rocking the boat? An autoethnography of organisational visual white supremacy

Liu, H; Pechenkina, E

Staying quiet or rocking the boat? An autoethnography of organisational visual white supremacy

Liu, H

Pechenkina, E

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Citation:: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, 2016, 35 (3), pp. 186 - 204
Issue Date:: 2016-04-18

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dc.contributor.author	Liu, H https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4211-0932	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Pechenkina, E	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-04-18	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, 2016, 35 (3), pp. 186 - 204	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2040-7149	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/44041
dc.description.abstract	© Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016. Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to reflect on critical race theory's application in organisational visuals research with a focus on forms of visual white supremacy in the workplace. Design/methodology/approach - Drawing on the authors' personal experiences as racialised "Others" with organisational white supremacy, this paper employs reflective autoethnography to elucidate how whiteness is positioned in the academic workplace through the use of visual imagery. The university, departments and colleagues appearing in this study have been de-identified to ensure their anonymity and protect their privacy. Findings - The authors' autoethnographic accounts discuss how people of colour are appropriated, commodified and subordinated in the ongoing practice of whiteness. Research limitations/implications - Illuminating the subtle ways through which white supremacy is embedded in the visual and aesthetic dimensions of the organisation provides a more critical awareness of workplace racism. Originality/value - This paper advances the critical project of organisational visual studies by interrogating the ways by which white dominance is enacted and reinforced via the everyday visual and aesthetic dimensions of the workplace. An added contribution of this paper is in demonstrating that visual racism extends beyond misrepresentations of people of colour, but can also manifest in what the authors conceptualise as "visual white supremacy".	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Equality, Diversity and Inclusion	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1108/EDI-08-2015-0067	en_US
dc.title	Staying quiet or rocking the boat? An autoethnography of organisational visual white supremacy	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	1608 Sociology	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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© Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016. Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to reflect on critical race theory's application in organisational visuals research with a focus on forms of visual white supremacy in the workplace. Design/methodology/approach - Drawing on the authors' personal experiences as racialised "Others" with organisational white supremacy, this paper employs reflective autoethnography to elucidate how whiteness is positioned in the academic workplace through the use of visual imagery. The university, departments and colleagues appearing in this study have been de-identified to ensure their anonymity and protect their privacy. Findings - The authors' autoethnographic accounts discuss how people of colour are appropriated, commodified and subordinated in the ongoing practice of whiteness. Research limitations/implications - Illuminating the subtle ways through which white supremacy is embedded in the visual and aesthetic dimensions of the organisation provides a more critical awareness of workplace racism. Originality/value - This paper advances the critical project of organisational visual studies by interrogating the ways by which white dominance is enacted and reinforced via the everyday visual and aesthetic dimensions of the workplace. An added contribution of this paper is in demonstrating that visual racism extends beyond misrepresentations of people of colour, but can also manifest in what the authors conceptualise as "visual white supremacy".

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