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King, Ian W. and Vickery, Jonathan (2015) An urban phenomenology of fabric : on Wim Wenders' "Notebook on Cities and Clothes". In: The 7th Art of Management & Organization Conference: Creativity & Design, Copenhagen Business School, 28-31 Aug 2014. Published in: Design and Creativity : The 7th Art of Management and Organization Conference Papers ISBN 9780901931160.
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Abstract
This conference paper uses Wim Wenders 1989 documentary film 'Notebook on Cities and Clothes' [the original title: "Aufzeichnungen zu Kleidern und Städten"] by way of exploring the relation between the organisation, fashion and the urban environment. Originally commissioned by the Centre Georges Pompidou, the film focuses on Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto, and oscillates between Tokyo and Paris, exploring questions of identity, agency, the body and human expression, contemporary economy and the city, and new media
The presuppositions of this paper are, first, that fashion is the deep structure of economic life under consumer capitalism; and second, that the aesthetics of organisational fashion are intrinsically related to the urban location of the organisation. The film begins with a statement on identity – ‘We live in the cities. The cities live in us’. It is a presupposition of contemporary organisation theory that organisations are not just physical places of function and production, or spaces of instrumental tasks that we frequent and then leave behind as the day’s work is done. We live in organisations; and organisations live in us. The organisation is media and embodiment of social life, identity and agency, and insofar as our lives demand meaning, communication, subjectivity and intersubjective interaction, the organisation is no less a space animated by that necessity. The necessity for agency, indeed, is a great resource for organisations, who continually draw on ‘human’ capabilities – our sense of taste, perception and discrimination, discernment and understanding of human behaviour.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BH Aesthetics G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies > Centre for Cultural Policy Studies | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Aesthetics, Fashion, Cities and towns -- Philosophy, Wenders, Wim -- Aufzeichnungen zu Kleidern und Städten, Wenders, Wim -- Notebook on Cities and Clothes | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Design and Creativity : The 7th Art of Management and Organization Conference Papers | ||||||
| ISBN: | 9780901931160 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 2015 | ||||||
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| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Copyright Holders: | © 2015 University of York | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 July 2018 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 26 September 2019 | ||||||
| Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||||
| Title of Event: | The 7th Art of Management & Organization Conference: Creativity & Design | ||||||
| Type of Event: | Conference | ||||||
| Location of Event: | Copenhagen Business School | ||||||
| Date(s) of Event: | 28-31 Aug 2014 | ||||||
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