Organizing in the Ruins: Contributions of Multispecies Approaches in Administration
Objective: this essay problematizes destructive organizational practices that produce and perpetuate spaces in ruins. Drawing from the practices of the mining industry in Brazil, exemplified by the rupture of the Fundão dam (MG), we theorize about the contributions of multispecies approaches to Admi...
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| description | Objective: this essay problematizes destructive organizational practices that produce and perpetuate spaces in ruins. Drawing from the practices of the mining industry in Brazil, exemplified by the rupture of the Fundão dam (MG), we theorize about the contributions of multispecies approaches to Administration. Thesis: we propose, through dialogues between organizational studies and multispecies studies, the concept of a multispecies organizing of space that transcends exclusively human relations. We consider space as both product and process in everyday organizational life, yet we highlight the limitations of the human-centric focus in the literature. We conceptualize spacing as a non-human production of practices entangling humans and actors composing environments and various species of plants, animals, fungi, and other forms of existence. Thus, we challenge a hegemonic view in the field, underscoring the importance of a more inclusive and ethical approach to spatial and organizational practices. Conclusions: we rethink social and organizational dynamics, emphasizing not only mining activity but other corporate practices through a spatialized and more-thanhuman perspective. The essay contributes ontologically by making visible the agency of other living beings in organizational processes and practices, methodologically by decentering the human in research, and politically by analyzing asymmetric power relations. Such contributions enable the promotion of a broader and more responsible understanding of the complex relations between humans and non-humans in organizational contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a78a4dbe3527468c93bdf076898e8b8a2024-04-09T15:49:34ZengAssociação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD)RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea1415-65551982-78492024-03-01281e230243e23024310.1590/1982-7849rac2024230243.en1625Organizing in the Ruins: Contributions of Multispecies Approaches in AdministrationMaria Clara de Oliveira Leite0Letícia Dias Fantinel1Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil; Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, BrazilObjective: this essay problematizes destructive organizational practices that produce and perpetuate spaces in ruins. Drawing from the practices of the mining industry in Brazil, exemplified by the rupture of the Fundão dam (MG), we theorize about the contributions of multispecies approaches to Administration. Thesis: we propose, through dialogues between organizational studies and multispecies studies, the concept of a multispecies organizing of space that transcends exclusively human relations. We consider space as both product and process in everyday organizational life, yet we highlight the limitations of the human-centric focus in the literature. We conceptualize spacing as a non-human production of practices entangling humans and actors composing environments and various species of plants, animals, fungi, and other forms of existence. Thus, we challenge a hegemonic view in the field, underscoring the importance of a more inclusive and ethical approach to spatial and organizational practices. Conclusions: we rethink social and organizational dynamics, emphasizing not only mining activity but other corporate practices through a spatialized and more-thanhuman perspective. The essay contributes ontologically by making visible the agency of other living beings in organizational processes and practices, methodologically by decentering the human in research, and politically by analyzing asymmetric power relations. Such contributions enable the promotion of a broader and more responsible understanding of the complex relations between humans and non-humans in organizational contexts.https://rac.anpad.org.br/index.php/rac/article/view/1625multispeciesorganizational spacepracticesdisastersmining |
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| title | Organizing in the Ruins: Contributions of Multispecies Approaches in Administration |
| title_full | Organizing in the Ruins: Contributions of Multispecies Approaches in Administration |
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| title_short | Organizing in the Ruins: Contributions of Multispecies Approaches in Administration |
| title_sort | organizing in the ruins contributions of multispecies approaches in administration |
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