Superb visual representation of a Marxist georgraphy professor (David Harvey) explaining what’s wrong with capitalism. I was watching it and very interested in how the visuals were working with the speech…
Please see the “Activities” tab above for details of the forthcoming inVisio seminar at Surrey, UK on ‘Computer Analysis of Visual Data’ on Thurs 5th August. Places FREE 
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Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August 6th – 10th
What’s Wrong with This Picture? Critical Documentary Film as a Catalyst for Change
PDW Sponsored by CMS, MED, ODC, IM and SIM
Saturday 7th August
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM, The Queen Elizabeth: Hochelaga 5
Organised by: Emma Bell (Exeter), John Hassard (Manchester), Pauline Leonard (Southampton), Jean Helms Mills (St. Mary’s), Carl Rhodes (Swansea)
Guest Speaker: Eric Smith, Creative Director at Free Range Studios
In the past decade, critical documentary film has become increasingly important as a means of exposing oppressive and exploitative organizational behaviours and highlighting social justice and environmental issues. Films such as Supersize Me (2004) have led directly to changes in corporate practice. Others, like The Corporation (2003), have had an indirect yet significant effect on public perceptions of the responsibilities of business. Global corporations have in turn become more skilful in counteracting the negative effects of critical documentary, strategically using film to portray their business activities favourably. The growth in critical documentary feature film can partly be explained by the rise in accessible technologies like viral videos and digital recording, which have expanded opportunities for film production, coupled with the development of innovative distribution methods as a way of reaching non-traditional audiences. The location of Montréal, Canada provides an opportunity to focus on the role of the governments and film studios in financing this cultural industry. The workshop will feature an invited guest speaker from Free Range Studios, a graphic and creative design organization that has produced some of the most successful viral videos for non-profits, political campaigns and socially responsible businesses, such as The Meatrix. By bringing together activist filmmakers and management researchers and educators, the workshop will assess the current and future impact of critical documentary films on management education and organizational practice, and explore ways of making the relationship between them more mutually beneficial and potentially more productive.
http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/9-1/9-1decocketal.pdf
Interesting article with accompanying image archive (see also their paper in a 2001 issue of the journal)
Sam Warren and Beatriz Acevedo present the 28th Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism (SCOS) which takes Vision as a central motif of contemporary management practice. We invite delegates to think of vision and organisation as conceptual, ideological and metaphorical practice. We want to inspire you to broaden your vision of vision beyond that which is ‘just’ symbolic. Visit the conference website at www.scos.org/2010/ for the full Call for Papers and further details.
Jane Davison, Chris McLean and Sam Warren invite contributions to a ground-breaking Special Issue of the journal Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management that address a wide range of perspectives and ideas relating to the visual within qualitative organization and management studies. Criteria for inclusion will (in addition to the usual QROM criteria) include: (1) originality of subject matter or approach; (2) critical engagement with the topic; and (3) contribution to qualitative research in the organization and management field. We also hope to place particular emphasis on creative and innovative approaches – including those that criticise the desirability of increasingly visualised organizational communication. Click on the link belo to download the full Call for Papers
This emerging methodology is being applied in organisations and education and extends your ‘visual’ theme into the world of mental modelling and the enhancement of thinking. There is lots of opportunity for research in this area and we would be happy to find areas for collaboration – http://www.logovisual.com
Ephemera issue – ‘Images of Organization’ athttp://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/3-3/3-3editorial.pdf
CNC consulting – http://www.visual-management.biz