Lucas, Michael John
(2014).
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Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a part of a research study, undertaken over three years, in which the author observed the organization of an annual, community-based, arts and crafts festival in rural central Sweden. By examining the participation of a specific village community group in the organization of the festival, this paper sets out to explore links between the practices of organizing and the culture of a community group engaged in them.
Design/methodology/approach – The research study was conducted over three annual cycles of the festival, and its methods reflected the author's position as both a tourist visitor to the festival and a volunteer participant. This paper presents a “thick-description” of the work of a single community volunteer group in the annual organization their village's festival contribution, based on observational and informal interview data from the author's position as a member of that group, and some of the photographic data gathered.
Findings – The account presented in this paper offers an examination of the annual routines of a small village community group in organizing their contribution to the broader multi-site festival event observed in the research study. The introduction of anthropological concepts linked to ritual practices extends the understanding of organizing in this setting.
Originality/value – A contribution to the development of an understanding of organizing in recurring, group-organized event settings through a detailed consideration of a micro-level ethnographic study data.
| Item Type: | Journal Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2014 Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
| ISSN: | 2046-6749 |
| Keywords: | community; festival; practice theory; ritual symbolism; routines |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) > Business Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) |
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| Item ID: | 40738 |
| Depositing User: | Mike Lucas |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Aug 2014 08:22 |
| Last Modified: | 08 May 2019 13:37 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/40738 |
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