This work analyses how bodies matter, and how they are shaped by institutional contexts such as schools, sport, and universities (e.g., Brewis & Sinclair, 2000 Colls & Hörschelmann, 2009 Dale & Burrell, 2013 Larsson, 2014 Puwar, 2004 Styhre, 2004 Sykes & McPhail, 2008 Tyler & Cohen, 2010). There is a growing body of scholarly work that draws attention to the role of bodies in organizations, in scholarship, and in management. This activity or system of knowing does not stop when a person enters an organization. The lived body, however, is part of an individual’s system of knowing, of presentation, of meaning making and identity or subjectivity ( Haynes, 2008). They are often an absent presence because they may be seen but are frequently unacknowledged. Introduction: Why Pay Attention to Bodies?īodies are always present in organizations.
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