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The Office (27 November 2003–18 January 2004), the photographers’ gallery, London: a review
journal contribution
posted on 2009-06-23, 13:06 authored by Laurie Cohen, Melissa TylerThe recent preoccupation with the aesthetic dimension of organizational life (Carr
and Hancock, 2002; Gagliardi, 1990; Linstead and Hopfl, 2000; Strati, 1999) has,
in part, contributed to an ongoing interest in the visual culture of organizations and
a concomitant concern with cultural artefacts such as logos and symbols,
workspaces and architecture and even workers’ bodies. However, as Warren (2002)
has noted, much of this interest has been articulated largely through spoken and
written texts reflecting what might be regarded as something of a ‘visual illiteracy’
in work and organization studies (Strangleman, 2004) and indeed, the social sciences
more generally. In this review we consider what contribution, if any, photographic
exhibitions such as The Office might make to our understanding of work
and its organization, and particularly to reflecting on both continuities and changes
in the lived experience of office life.
History
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- Business and Economics
Department
- Business
Citation
COHEN, L. and TYLER, M., 2004. The Office (27 November 2003–18 January 2004), the photographers’ gallery, London: a review. Work, Employment and Society, 18 (3), pp. 621-629Publisher
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This article is Restricted Access. It was published in the journal, Work, Employment & Society [Sage © BSA Publications Ltd]. The definitive version is available at: http://wes.sagepub.com/content/vol18/issue3/ISSN
0950-0170Language
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