punto org General editor Luigi Maria Sicca 54 Advisory Board Massimo Bergami (Università degli Studi di Bologna) Ilaria Boncori (University of Essex) Jo Brewis (The Open University) Olivier Butzbach (King’s College London, SUN) Antonio Capaldo (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) Anna Comacchio (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) Stefano Consiglio (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) Enricomaria Corbi (Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa) Barbara Czarniawska (Gothenburg Research Institute) Paolo de Vita (Università degli Studi del Molise) Rosario Diana (Istituto per la storia del pensiero filosofico e scientifico moderno, CNR) Umberto di Porzio (Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR Adriano Buzzati-Traverso) Agostino Di Scipio (Conservatorio di Musica de L’Aquila Alfredo Casella) Sergio Faccipieri (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) Guglielmo Faldetta (Università degli Studi di Enna “Kore”) Nicolai J Foss (Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi) Alain Giami (Inserm) Adriano Giannola (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) Luca Giustiniano (LUISS Università Guido Carli) Francesco Izzo (Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli) Matthias Kaufmann (Martin- Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) Ann Langley (Héc Montreal) Massimo Marrelli (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) Gilberto-Antonio Marselli (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) Giovanni Masino (Università degli Studi di Ferrara) Eugenio Mazzarella (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) Fabrizio Montanari (Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia) Andrea Moretti (Università degli Studi di Udine) Maria Rosaria Napolitano (Università degli Studi del Sannio) Mario Nicodemi (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) Mariella Pandolfi (Université de Montréal) Vincenzo Perrone (Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi) Andrea Piccaluga (Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Pisa) Francesco Piro (Università degli Studi di Salerno) Antonella Prisco (Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR Adriano Buzzati-Traverso) Alison Pullen (Macquarie University) Giuseppe Recinto (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) Enzo Rullani (Venice International University) José Manuel Sevilla Fernández (Universidad de Sevilla) Martyna Śliwa (University of Essex) Luigi Maria Sicca (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) Luca Solari (Università degli Studi di Milano) Antonio Strati (Università degli Studi di Trento) Maura Striano (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) Teresina Torre (Università degli Studi di Genova) Giancarlo Turaccio (Conservatorio di Musica di Salerno G. Martucci) Paolo Valerio (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) Luca Zan (Università degli Studi di Bologna) SCOS SEARCHING COLLECTIVELY FOR OUR SOUL edited by Thomas Taro Lennerfors Laura Mitchell Editoriale Scientifica Napoli All rights reserved © Copyright 2019 by Editoriale Scientifica s.r.l. Via San Biagio dei Librai, 39 - 80138 Napoli www.editorialescientifica.com [email protected] ISBN 978-88-9391-554-0 Contents 11 Notes on Contributors 21 Introduction Thomas Taro Lennerfors and Laura Mitchell Part 1. Becoming SCOS 29 1. Releasing the Dragon Per Olof Berg 57 2. Feeling Fluid Noortje van Amsterdam 59 3. Recollections of the Early Days of SCOS Robert Witkin 61 4. A Lunchtime Conversation on SCOS Claes Gustafsson 65 5. SCOS and/as Excess Alf Rehn 71 6. Narcissism with Modesty Antonio Strati 87 7. SCOS: A Home for Misfits Jo Brewis Part 2. Journeys in SCOS 93 8. Les débuts de l’incroyable aventure hautement fraternelle et intellectuelle de la formidable «SCOS» Omar Aktouf 8 contents 101 9. Good News, Everybody! Anthony R Yue 105 10. My SCOSsy Journey Ilaria Boncori 113 11. Immersion Peter Zackariasson 117 12. Monks, Rats & Explosions Luc Peters 125 13. Fleshy Encounters Noortje van Amsterdam 127 14. SCOS, SCOSsier, SCOSsiest Monika Kostera and Tomek Ludwicki 133 15. SCOS as ‘Recovery’… Reflections on my First SCOS and Stitching Myself Back Together Harriet Shortt 145 16. Going East Marcus Lindahl 151 17. Click Luigi Maria Sicca and Davide Bizjak 165 18. Beautifully Odd: Fitting in with the Misfits Steve Linstead 175 19. At Home Abroad: SCOS as Safe Haven Patricia A.L. Ehrensal and Kenneth N. Ehrensal 187 20. Finding My Voice Nina Kivinen Part 3. Organizing SCOS 195 21. Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism: And Still Standing! Kristian Kreiner contents 9 203 22. My SCOS, Your SCOS Monika Kostera 205 23. Stop: What’s Wrong with SCOS? Peter Case 215 24. Our SCOS Monika Kostera and Tomek Ludwicki 219 25. Making Sense of the 2004 Halifax Conference Albert J. Mills and Jean Helms Mills 225 26. Vision Sam Warren and Beatriz Acevedo 233 27. On Displacement, Travel and Movement Hugo Gaggiotti and Laura Mitchell 241 28. Exploring off the Beaten Track Jo Brewis Part 4. Here be Dragons 261 29. Innocent Dreamers Tomek Ludwicki 263 30. The Dragon Ripping up the Organizational Chart Silvia Gherardi 279 31. Misfittery: A Dialogue Laura Mitchell 281 32. Exploring SCOSsiness: From a Beginner‘s View Takashi Majima 293 33. Signs of the Future Campbell Jones 299 34. Searching Thomas Taro Lennerfors 307 punto org book series Notes on Contributors Beatriz Acevedo Beatriz Acevedo is both artist and educator, realizing her role as a creative oracle, after many years of intersecting management research, teaching, and her own art. Omar Aktouf Born in Algeria, Omar Aktouf is Full Management Professor at HEC Montreal; Ph.D. (Management), MBA, M.Sc. (Manage- ment/Economic Development), M.Sc. (Industrial Psychology); he worked several years as executive manager in various firms; began an academic career since 1975; awarded several times such as “Management research prize 1987” University of Montreal, “Best management and business book 2003”, “Best management teaching article” ASAC 2005. Noortje van Amsterdam Noortje van Amsterdam is Assistant Professor of Organization Studies at Utrecht University. Her work focusses on issues sur- rounding embodiment in organizations related for example to gender, size, (dis)ability and health. She often uses arts-based methodologies in her research and teaching. Per Olof Berg Per Olof Berg is an organizational theorist and Professor emeri- tus at Stockholm Business School (SBS) at Stockholm University. He was a founding father of SCOS and has written extensively about organizational culture, symbolism, and magic. 12 notes on contributors Davide Bizjak Davide Bizjak, Ph.D., is Research Fellow in Organization Stud- ies at the University of Naples Federico II, and he is a former Research Trainee at the University of Essex, UK. His primary research interests lie in the areas of Arts Organizations, Organi- zational Identity, and Arts Management. He is a member of the puntOorg International Research Network. Ilaria Boncori Ilaria Boncori is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Man- agement, Marketing and Entrepreneurship. She currently serves as a Faculty Dean deputized for Education at the University of Essex. Her research focuses on inclusive practices in organiza- tions, more specifically on embodiment, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity. Jo Brewis Jo Brewis works at the Open University in the UK, which she loves. She has been a member of SCOS since 1993, which makes her feel very old. When Jo is not at work, she can be found binge- ing on Netflix series, doing geeky cryptic crosswords or at a Brit- ish Sea Power gig. Peter Case Peter Case was Chair of SCOS in the naughties. He has a great fondness and regard for the organization even though his cur- rent practice-based work has prevented him from being a regu- lar conference attendee in recent years. Peter is mainly preoccu- pied with malaria healthcare service delivery in different parts of the world. Patricia Ehrensal Patricia A.L. Ehrensal, Ed.D., is an Assistant Professor of Edu- cational Leadership at Cabrini University (Pennsylvania, USA). notes on contributors 13 She earned an Ed.M. in Higher Education Administration and an Ed.D. in Educational Administration from Temple University. Her research examines the discourse surrounding K-12 school organizations. Ken Ehrensal Kenneth N Ehrensal is Professor of Anthropology at Kutztown University (Pennsylvania, USA). His eclectic academic back- ground includes degrees in both Anthropology and Organiza- tional Studies. From 1983 to 2010 he was B-school faculty at Pace University (NYC), St. Francis College (Brooklyn) and Kutztown University. Hugo Gaggiotti Hugo is Associate Professor in Organization Studies at the Uni- versity of the West of England, Bristol and Visiting Professor at The New School for Social Research, New York. He holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Barcelona and a Ph.D. in Management from University Ramon Llull-ESADE. His research focuses on organizational mobility, nomadic and transcultural management. Silvia Gherardi Silvia Gherardi is a senior professor of sociology of work and or- ganization at the Department of Sociology and Social Research, (University of Trento, Italy), where she founded the Research Unit on Communication, Organizational Learning, and Aesthet- ics (http://www.unitn.it/rucola) in 1993. She is also a member of the Center for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies at the University of Trento (http://www.unitn.it/csg/en). Currently, she is also a visiting professor at the School of Business, Society and Engi- neering, Mӓlardalens University (Sweden). Silvia likes to consid- er herself an ‘Old Guard SCOS’, since SCOS was a very informa-