The Performativity of Objects: The Sociomaterial role of 'imaginal others'

Authors

Conor Horan, Technological University DublinFollow
John Finch, University of GlasgowFollow
Emma Reid, University of StrathclydeFollow

Document Type

Conference Paper

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Publication Details

European Group for Organisation Studies (EGOS) Conference, Rotterdam, July 2014.

Abstract

In this paper we assess how objects can provide us with a clearer understanding of performativity especially when these objects become accounted for and calculated among actors as they review relationships. We assert that objects carry with them, and are associated with generalized others, understood here as imaginal others which as a concept used n this paper also contributes to objects’ performativity.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21427/D7Z20K

Recommended Citation

Horan, C., Finch, J. and Reid, E. The performativity of objects:the sociomaterial role of 'imaginal others'. European Group for Organisation Studies (EGOS) Conference, Rotterdam, July 2014.