Children: their place in organization studies

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2013-08-01
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Kavanagh, Donncha
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This paper argues that children and childhood constitute a ‘white space’ in organization studies, which should now be explored, mapped and analysed. Rather than being separate, children and organization are deeply implicated in one another, which provides a rich basis for theoretical inquiry. The paper draws on Spivak’s concept of the subaltern and on actor-network theory to articulate how and where organization studies might critically engage with, and find a place for, children and childhood. It frames such an inquiry around six potential research trajectories: epistemological, methodological, ontological, temporal, political and reflexive.
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Actor-network theory , Childhood , Constructionism , Organization theory , Subaltern
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Kavanagh, D. (2013) 'Children: their place in organization studies'. Organization Studies, 34(10), pp. 1487-1503. http://oss.sagepub.com/content/34/10/1487.abstract
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