Wild Yeast Economies :Control and spontaneity in alternative forms of organising.

Kruglanski, Aviv Jacob

Abstract

The Wild Yeast Economies research project explored alternative forms of organising through a culinary metaphor. The question I asked is whether there could be recipes for alternative forms of organising, the kinds created by activists in hopeful aspirations to transform society. In asking about recipes, the project posed the issue of control at the centre of its inquiry. Given that control is practically synonymous with management, I was wondering whether there could be alternatives to it. Recipes, in that respect, are a metaphor for planning. Planning methodologies are the way control is projected temporally, and the way it most affects the day-to-day of those engaging with organisations. Do activists challenge the ubiquity of control in the alternatives they create? Are there ways they might do so, and are there examples of such alternative forms of doing things together in the world?
For the purpose of investigating these questions, and inspired by reading a cookbook with a political bend, I set out on a project that has been ongoing for the past 11 years, using art, participatory action research and ethnography as its main ingredients. The project took place in two cities, a coastal city in Spain and a northern city in England. In both I engaged in organisational practices that attempted to challenge control. Through this process I came in contact with diverse practitioners, all of which had a past participating in social movements. The written thesis, based on these actions, data they produced, documents and recorded conversation, makes several contributions both to methodology and to theory regarding alternative organising.

Citation

Kruglanski, A. J. Wild Yeast Economies :Control and spontaneity in alternative forms of organising. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4873566

• Thesis Type: Thesis
• Deposit Date: Oct 31, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 31, 2024
• Keywords: Business; Management
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4873566
• Award Date: Apr 20, 2022