Field configuring events shaping sustainability transitions? The case of solar PV in India

Jolly, Suyash; Raven, Rob

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2015.08.015

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“…For example, in contrast to Glynn’s (2008) study of the Atlanta Olympic games that pointed to their longitudinal effects in forming corporative elites in the hosting city, Thiel and Grabher’s (2015) study of the London Olympics explored how learning took place during the event, especially in highly observed moments such as the opening ceremony. Focusing on what happens in field-level events, researchers found that they redirect participants’ attention (Anand & Watson, 2004), facilitate interactions, negotiations, and expressions of conflict (Anand & Jones, 2008; Hardy & Maguire, 2010; Jolly & Raven, 2016; Lazega, Quintane, & Casenaz, 2017; McInerney, 2008; Zilber, 2007), and affirm membership (Lena, 2011). Field-level events, then, constitute certain understandings of the field.…”

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Power Dynamics in Field-Level Events: A Narrative Approach

Gross

Zilber

2020

Organization Studies

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Drawing upon an in-depth analysis of two bio-tech annual conferences in Israel, we explicate the exertion of power in convening. Event organization involves three narrative mechanisms: (1) telling stories which construct the field, and enacting them through different genres that channel participants to perform these stories in the unfolding of the event; (2) setting the stage and a space of possibilities for certain stories to be told in certain ways, and limiting others; and (3) grounding the stories in meta-narratives that confer plausibility on some of them over others. Our contribution lies in explicating how diverse narrative mechanisms allow organizers to exert various faces of power in organizing an event, how organizers use power to construct their own and others’ resources, and how power is used not only through words, but also through space and embodiment. Taken together, self-serving constructions of the field are turned into a taken-for-granted reality, while constraining participants’ ability to negotiate or refute it.

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Section: The Exertion Of Power In Field-level Eventsmentioning

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Power Dynamics in Field-Level Events: A Narrative Approach

Gross

Zilber

2020

Organization Studies

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“…This enables face to face interaction and exchange of ideas as well as expansion of networks among participants (Bathelt et al, 2004;Bathelt and Schuldt, 2010;Schuldt and Bathelt, 2011). Industry summits, policy sessions or strategic roadmap meetings are also temporary spaces where key actors are gathered to shape or influence the future direction of particular sectors of economy (Lampel and Meyer, 2008;Hardy and Maguire, 2010;Jolly and Raven, 2016;Henn and Bathelt, 2015). Field configuring events are particularly important in the face of uncertainty conditions by bringing in the otherwise disparate actors to engage in coordinated actions towards future development of certain technological fields, creation of new markets or formation of new industries.…”

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Niche experiments with alternative powertrain technologies: the case of electric city-buses in Europe

Borghei

Magnusson

2016

IJATM

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Using sociotechnical transitions literature, this paper analyses the early market introduction of electric city-buses in Europe. It identifies the role of bus manufacturers and their corresponding choices of alternative powertrain and charging technologies. Study results contrast the traditional dichotomy of incumbents versus niche actors and questions perceived role of incumbents as a homogenous group of actors. The paper proposes an alternative to the typical perception of industry incumbents as the guardians of the current sociotechnical regime, suggesting that a strong position in the established regime may actually facilitate introduction of radical technological solutions. The paper invites transition scholars to make more detailed analyses of actors' constellations and it further suggests that policy makers need to pay attention to the diversity of individual actors' strategies.

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“…In the first meeting, the ICNP 1, the first author followed very closely the activities of one indigenous person [1] and, consequently, the activities of the network of indigenous peoples organizations in which she took part. This network is an ad hoc advocacy group comprised of loosely coupled organizations that attend the meetings of the CBD to defend the rights of indigenous peoples.…”

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Multi-event ethnography: doing research in pluralistic settings

Delgado

Cruz

2014

Journal of Organizational Ethnography

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to overcome the challenges of doing research in pluralistic settings by performing multi-event ethnographies. The proposal redirects the efforts of longitudinal data collection toward field-configuring events (FCEs), wherein multiple organizations with divergent perspectives over an issue are strategizing in concentrated efforts, at the same time and space. The authors apply traditional ethnographic tools in this understudied setting. On the one hand, these tools allow for a thick description that results in in-depth accounts of actors within FCEs. On the other hand, they provide flexibility because they can be used in complementary ways. Design/methodology/approach -The authors propose the use of three interconnected ethnographic tools in multiple events: shadowing, practitioner's diary and researcher's reflexive journal. Findings -The illustration of an ongoing research project showed how the approach helped the researchers to follow a practitioner in multiple discursive spaces but also to see how the practitioner, even with a different status in a later FCE, transported a deviant practice that denounces his persistent disadvantaged position in the field. The approach delineated here allowed the researchers to open a new window for the appreciation of the activities of marginal actors fighting against hegemonic discourses.Research limitations/implications -The application of the shadowing technique might be challenging. Attention might also be paid to the implications of previous FCEs to current dynamics. Practical implications -The tools developed in this approach have a large potential to have practical implications, as the practitioner accounts of the phenomenon in question are at the center of the data collection and analysis. Originality/value -The proposal contributes to the literature on organizational ethnography by drawing attention to the importance of tracking multiple events, not only different sites, to unveil organizational practices in pluralistic settings as events progress over time.

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Field configuring events shaping sustainability transitions? The case of solar PV in India

Cited by 23 publications

References 62 publications

Power Dynamics in Field-Level Events: A Narrative Approach

Power Dynamics in Field-Level Events: A Narrative Approach

Niche experiments with alternative powertrain technologies: the case of electric city-buses in Europe

Multi-event ethnography: doing research in pluralistic settings

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