Why write about animals? Organization and the Daily Occurrences of London Zoo

IF 1.2 4区管理学 Q4 MANAGEMENT

Culture and Organization Pub Date : 2023-04-11 DOI:10.1080/14759551.2023.2198716

Lee Christien

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This article analyses as series of archival documents called the Daily Occurrences of the Zoological Gardens of London. These pro formas were the institutional working texts that allowed authorial statements to appear concerning the organization of London Zoo, including: animal arrivals, departures, births, deaths, work, visitor figures and finance. The Daily Occurrences classified, described, and curated the frames which were constructed around the display animals at the zoo. By contextualizing and paying critical attention to these managerial pro formas, this article undertakes an interdisciplinary reading of overlooked texts that organized how animals and humans entered into and exited out from a system of living exhibition. This article addresses the research question: how were animals and humans organized at the zoo? By looking to how animals were organized at the zoo this article contributes to wider discussions found in organization studies regarding the visibility and status of what constitutes animal labour.

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为什么要写动物？伦敦动物园的组织与日常活动

摘要本文分析了一系列名为《伦敦动物园日常事件》的档案文献。这些形式是机构工作文本，允许出现关于伦敦动物园组织的授权声明，包括：动物到达、离开、出生、死亡、工作、游客人数和财务。《每日事件》对围绕动物园展示动物构建的框架进行了分类、描述和策划。通过将这些管理形式置于情境中并给予批判性关注，本文对被忽视的文本进行了跨学科阅读，这些文本组织了动物和人类如何进入和退出一个生活展览系统。这篇文章解决了研究问题：动物园里的动物和人类是如何组织起来的？通过观察动物园中动物的组织方式，本文有助于组织研究中关于动物劳动的可见性和地位的更广泛讨论。

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Culture and Organization MANAGEMENT-

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3.20

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12.50%

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期刊介绍： Culture and Organization was founded in 1995 as Studies in Cultures, Organizations and Societies . It represents the intersection of academic disciplines that have developed distinct qualitative, empirical and theoretical vocabularies to research organization, culture and related social phenomena. Culture and Organization features refereed articles that offer innovative insights and provoke discussion. It particularly offers papers which employ ethnographic, critical and interpretive approaches, as practised in such disciplines as organizational, communication, media and cultural studies, which go beyond description and use data to advance theoretical reflection. The Journal also presents papers which advance our conceptual understanding of organizational phenomena. Culture and Organization features refereed articles that offer innovative insights and provoke discussion. It particularly offers papers which employ ethnographic, critical and interpretive approaches, as practised in such disciplines as communication, media and cultural studies, which go beyond description and use data to advance theoretical reflection. The journal also presents papers which advance our conceptual understand-ing of organizational phenomena.