A Mosaic of Visions, Daydreams, and Memories

Abstract

This collaboratively multiauthored essay presents diverse tales of organizing and communicative practices in our global context. Authors from India, Nepal, Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, the United States, and Nigeria present individual contributions that coalesce around three clear thematic concerns regarding issues of organizing and communicating: (1) silence and voice, (2) the limits and consequences of linguistic and theoretical translations, and (3) the communal considerations of research politics and participation. The essay concludes with communal reflections on how it is that in attempting to engage with diversity we begin to see remarkable similarities not only in expressing a desire to be heard but also in making a commitment to let others be heard, not only in breaking boundaries and building alliances but also in moving towards a collective, inclusive, and participative conceptualization of the myriad shapes of organizing and communicating that exist in the contemporary global context.

Reflexivity in Practice

“…In recent years, communication scholars have shown increasing interest in exploring alternative logics and rationalities that have not traditionally been recognized as central to organizational practice or theory (Ashcraft, 2000(Ashcraft, , 2006Broadfoot et al, 2008;Harter, Leeman, Norander, Young, & Rawlins, 2008). These works have challenged scholars to consider new organizational forms such as hybrid organizations and to focus on aesthetic and emotional dimensions of organizing, gendered organizing, and the complexities of voice and plurality.…”