Eisenman, Micki, Foroughi, Hamid and Parsley, Samantha (2024) Old skool spinning and syncing : memory, technologies, and occupational membership in a DJ community. Journal of Management Studies . doi:10.1111/joms.13086 ISSN 0022-2380. (In Press)
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Abstract
We show how technology and its temporal instantiations act as material-relational mnemonic devices that provide temporal anchors for collective remembering in occupations and form the basis of what we call an ‘occupational mnemonic community’. This is important because how the past is remembered shapes politics, the definition of membership, and boundaries within occupations. Empirically, we focus on the occupation of DJing, an occupation that has witnessed major technological transformation. Utilizing interviews, archival research, and auto-ethnographic data, we show how DJs’ engagement with material mnemonic devices, here, DJing technology, aligns group members’ interpretations of the past, and forms the basis of an occupational mnemonic community. In our analysis, we uncover that imagined perceptions regarding how existing group members assess the material choices of newcomers, as well as, the performative behaviors exhibiting these choices, play pivotal roles in sustaining mnemonic communities. We conclude with a discussion on occupational mnemonic processes and their effect on establishing boundaries within occupations. Our findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the sociomaterial aspects of collective memory and its significance in understanding the politics of memory in organizations.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Industrial Relations & Organisational Behaviour |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Collective memory, Organizational learning, Mnemonics, Material culture, Relationism |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Management Studies |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
| ISSN: | 0022-2380 |
| Official Date: | 21 May 2024 |
| Dates: | Date Event 21 May 2024 Available 22 April 2024 Accepted |
| DOI: | 10.1111/joms.13086 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | In Press |
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons open licence) |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 June 2024 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 11 June 2024 |
| Grant number: | 2019-598-7 |
| RIOXX Funder/Project Grant: | Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/186255/ |
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