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    Disrupted Disclosures: The Politics of Visibility and Surveillance in the Extractive Industries

    Hansen, Hans K;Uldam, Julie

    In: The 8th International Conference in Critical Management Studies; 10 Jul 2013-12 Jul 2013; The University of Manchester. Manchester, United Kingdom: The University of Manchester Library; 2013.

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    While projects of governance by transparency have become widespread over the past decades, theyare usually investigated and theorized in isolation from the wider field of visibility and surveillancein which they are embedded. Building on theories of governance, visibility and surveillance, and onongoing research in the extractive industries and social movements, this work-in-progress sets outto examine (a) why and how transparency has been constructed and mobilized in recentinternational attempts to regulate the extractive industries, specifically oil and gas companies; (b)how companies’ normal appearances become challenged through disruptive disclosures in mediaenvironments characterized by multiple levels of visibility, with companies both observing andbeing observed by civil society groups that criticize them; (c) why and how the mobilization aroundtransparency and ensuing practices of surveillance produce new forms of governing, potentiallywidening the space of manoeuvring for corporations.

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    Conference title:
    The 8th International Conference in Critical Management Studies
    Conference venue:
    The University of Manchester
    Conference start date:
    2013-07-10
    Conference end date:
    2013-07-12
    Place of publication:
    Manchester, United Kingdom
    Abstract:
    While projects of governance by transparency have become widespread over the past decades, theyare usually investigated and theorized in isolation from the wider field of visibility and surveillancein which they are embedded. Building on theories of governance, visibility and surveillance, and onongoing research in the extractive industries and social movements, this work-in-progress sets outto examine (a) why and how transparency has been constructed and mobilized in recentinternational attempts to regulate the extractive industries, specifically oil and gas companies; (b)how companies’ normal appearances become challenged through disruptive disclosures in mediaenvironments characterized by multiple levels of visibility, with companies both observing andbeing observed by civil society groups that criticize them; (c) why and how the mobilization aroundtransparency and ensuing practices of surveillance produce new forms of governing, potentiallywidening the space of manoeuvring for corporations.
    Proceedings' ISBN:
    978-0-9576682-0-1
    Related website(s):
    • Conference Website https://www.meeting.co.uk/confercare/cms2013/

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    Manchester eScholar ID:
    uk-ac-man-scw:199556
    Created by:
    Adnams, Janet
    Created:
    29th June, 2013, 14:41:42
    Last modified by:
    Adnams, Janet
    Last modified:
    9th July, 2013, 08:27:59

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