On the multi-modality, materially and contingency of organization discourse

Iedema, R

On the multi-modality, materially and contingency of organization discourse

Iedema, R

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Citation:: Organization Studies, 2007, 28 (6), pp. 931 - 946
Issue Date:: 2007-06-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Iedema, R	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Organization Studies, 2007, 28 (6), pp. 931 - 946	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0170-8406	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/5188
dc.description.abstract	This essay considers the ways that organizational discourse studies have deployed the concept 'discourse'. A review of the literature reveals conceptual ambiguities in the definition of 'discourse', as well as pre-analytical distinctions that are imposed between discourse, action and text, and between discourse, beliefs and material practices. The paper suggests that such a priori analytical categories risk tying the researcher to an inflexible research agenda, ruling out engaging with organizational specifics and emergent aspects of practice. The essay argues for an alternative view of discourse that centres on the following three arguments: discourse is not limited to language but also includes image, design, technology and other modes of meaning making; discourse and materiality co-emerge; and discourse manifests a specific, historically situated form of life. Copyright © 2007 SAGE Publications.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Organization Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0170840607075264	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	On the multi-modality, materially and contingency of organization discourse	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	6	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	28	en_US
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
dc.location.activity	Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	6	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	28	en_US

Abstract:

This essay considers the ways that organizational discourse studies have deployed the concept 'discourse'. A review of the literature reveals conceptual ambiguities in the definition of 'discourse', as well as pre-analytical distinctions that are imposed between discourse, action and text, and between discourse, beliefs and material practices. The paper suggests that such a priori analytical categories risk tying the researcher to an inflexible research agenda, ruling out engaging with organizational specifics and emergent aspects of practice. The essay argues for an alternative view of discourse that centres on the following three arguments: discourse is not limited to language but also includes image, design, technology and other modes of meaning making; discourse and materiality co-emerge; and discourse manifests a specific, historically situated form of life. Copyright © 2007 SAGE Publications.

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