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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969671003321

Autore

Styhre Alexander

Titolo

Visual culture in organizations : theory and cases / / Alexander Styhre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-95007-9

1-136-95008-7

1-282-62910-7

9786612629105

0-203-84868-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in management, organizations, and society ; ; 9

Disciplina

302.3/5

Soggetti

Visual perception - Social aspects

Visual sociology

Organizational sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Preface; Foreword; Part I: Epistemologies of Vision; 1 Introduction: From the Lexical to the Visual; 2 The Visual Turn in Social Science and Organization Theory; Part II: Practices of Seeing; 3 Vision and Visualization in Science-Based Innovation Work; 4 Vision and Visualization in Architect Work; Part III: Concluding Remarks; 5 The Primacy of Vision and Its Implication for Organization Theory; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Vision and visuality are two concepts widely discussed and debated in philosophy and social science literature. Some authors even suggest that the entire Western intellectual tradition is strongly shaped by the paradigm of vision; the inspection and analysis of specimens collected from social reality are regarded as the only legitimate source of truth. However, in organizations, a variety of visual practices are employed in for instance science-based innovation in for instance the pharmaceutical industry and in architect work. Such visual practices include the use of various technoscientifi