Complexity and the Dilemma of the Two Worlds: The Dynamics of Navigating in Fantasyland

Baskin, Ken

doi:10.1207/s15327000em0501_05

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“…The power of dominant narratives is that they emerge as a matter of survival. Thus, personality emerges in a person's early years as he/she defines how to behave with his/her parents, on whom the child literally depends for survival (Baskin, 2003); organizational culture emerges as people in that entity learn how they must behave to succeed in their markets (Baskin, 2008); professional discourses emerge as people in them define how to do their tasks in a redefined environment (see, for example, Foucault (1973) on the beginning of modern medicine). Such narratives can therefore come to be taken for the realities they explain.…”

Section: Enchantment By Designmentioning

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Our organizations were never disenchanted

Bøje

Baskin²

2011

Journal of Organizational Change Management

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to propose a typology of enchantment approaches that are related to storytelling practices in organizations: enchantment by design and enchantment by emergence. Design/methodology/approach -The authors explore this enchantment framework in a storytelling drawing on examples of living storied spaces and narratives from hospital studies. Findings -This essay asserts three aspects about enchantment: that mainstream organizational narrative, rooted in classical structuralism and modernity, seems intent on disenchanting life within them. Second, despite such narratives, organizations, such as hospitals the authors studied, were never disenchanted because enchantment resides in many living storied spaces. Finally, many forms of "enchantment" and "disenchantment" are taking place in organization action and its storytelling. Practical implications -The paper equips managers with a deeper understanding of how storytelling in organizations can encourage enchantment or disenchantment within the organization and in its relations with their environments (community, nature, humanity). Originality/value -The value of the paper lies in its theoretical contributions, integrating enchantment-disenchantment perspectives with a theory of storytelling.

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Section: Enchantment By Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Baskin²

2011

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“…However, traditional storytelling comprises a storyteller, the audience, and a decontextualized linear script. Storying, on the other hand, is a postmodern concept that implies a more dynamic process of communicating and interacting to develop understandings (Lowe, 2002;Baskin, 2005).…”

Section: An Approach To Multiple Literacy Development: Storyingmentioning

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Storying with Technology: An Approach to Connect Children and Adults Using the New Technology and Media Landscape

Cruz

Snider

2009

Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

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As our technology-rich society absorbs the impact of fast-paced technology evolution, we face a desperate situation: a widening digital divide, especially the intergenerational divide between adults and children. The proposed 'Storying with Technology' approach presents a structure to guide adults while engaging with children in meaningful activity surrounding technology. The purpose of the approach is to promote connection and reconnection, meaning making, and the development of multiple literacies. Because of the presence of evolving technology, both children and adults must deal with a fluid identity, relationship, culture, and society. Storying with Technology is an approach that guides individuals through activity to maintain relationships with the self, with the other, and with the object. 'The New Phone'Mandy, aged four, watched as her father returned from work carrying the newest phone. He called her mother into the living room to take a look. Mandy's mother examined the phone while Mandy jumped up and down. She was much too excited to wait for her turn. 'Let me see. Let me see,' she shouted. Her mother stopped her from grabbing the phone. Her father told her firmly, 'This is not a toy. It is very expensive and I don't want you to break it.' Dismayed, Mandy became quiet and just watched as her parents talked about the phone. After a while, her dad sighed, 'It has so many features. It will take me a while to figure out how to use it.' Mandy said confidently, 'I know how.'The purpose of this article is to describe the need in our complex, technology-saturated world for the development of multiliteracies for children and adults, to portray the challenges of the digital divide from an intergenerational perspective, and to consider a new approach called 'Storying with Technology' to bridge the digital gap and to promote activities that foster development. Storying with Technology targets young children, ages five and under, along with adults to develop a habit of connection, or constructive interaction, around technology.As practitioners in the early childhood field, the authors have taken the following roles with technology as the leading activity: teacher, student, researcher, parent, and even child. The authors used these multiple perspectives and experiences when developing the Storying with Technology approach. This article emphasizes the need for adults and children to connect with present technology in multiple contexts and also shares the Storying with Technology approach as a practical strategy for this purpose. It is important to note that, just as technology continues to evolve and individuals struggle to keep up, this approach too must continually evolve to fit the present circumstances. Thus, the Storying with Technology approach is intended to be fluid and flexible.at NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIV LIB on June 15, 2015 cie.sagepub.com Downloaded from

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“…This unconscious process - Wexler (2006) suggests it is a neurobiological survival mechanism -appears to be a product of the way our brains are structured, our way of making sense of the world around us so that we can act on it. When one acts on such a story and gets the response this story suggests, then one "knows" that the story is valid (Baskin, 2003). As a result, we can only know the world through the stories we create to explain it.…”

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“…Dominant narratives emerge as a matter of survival. Thus, personality emerges in a person's early years as he/she defines how to behave with his/her parents, on whom the child literally depends for survival (Baskin, 2003), organizational culture emerges as people in that entity learn how they must behave to succeed in their markets (Baskin, 2008), professional discourses emerge as people in them define how to do their tasks in a redefined environment see, for example Foucault (1994a) on the beginning of modern medicine. Given this survival value, people most often make sense of events by fitting their antenarrative in the context of their dominant narratives.…”

Section: The Concept Of Storied Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

Rites vs rights: maintaining social order in China and the West

Baskin¹

2009

Chinese Management Studies

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine how the generally accepted notion of Chinese "lawlessness" distorts the Chinese behavior by trying to understand it through the Western concept of the "rule of law" and to examine how the concept of "storied space" offers a more contextual understanding of the Chinese style of maintaining social order. Design/methodology/approach -The paper adopts a theoretical approach. Findings -Recent developments in fields ranging from neurobiology to complexity thinking and storytelling are coming together in a way of thinking about human social systems that has been called "storied space." Applying this way of thinking suggests that current efforts, among both Chinese and Westerners, to apply the Western "rule of law" may actually distort the understanding of a series of behaviors often called "Chinese lawlessness". A storied space approach suggests a different understanding and the need for a different way of addressing these concerns. Practical implications -At a time when economic and political cooperation between Chinese and Westerners is becoming more important, this approach offers what may be a more efficacious way of understanding each other and, therefore, addressing the very real differences. Originality/value -This paper would be the first published attempt to apply the idea of storied space to the legal issues that arise from the different ways in which Chinese and Western culture maintain social order.

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Complexity and the Dilemma of the Two Worlds: The Dynamics of Navigating in Fantasyland

Cited by 3 publications

References 3 publications

Our organizations were never disenchanted

Our organizations were never disenchanted

Storying with Technology: An Approach to Connect Children and Adults Using the New Technology and Media Landscape

Rites vs rights: maintaining social order in China and the West

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