Das organisationale Vergessen der Forschung

Oblivionism

“…Additionally, they pursue particular interests with the help of information policies or attempt to oblige the members to identify formats of a collective identity that are in line with particular interests.97 There, making-forget happens in two ways. Firstly, those meso-social reference frames as being available for collective remembering are manipulated98 by reshaping objects, topographies, narratives or myths so that 96 On this, see the overview on forgetting about knowledge management with organisations by Stephanie Porschen (2011) as well as the analysis of obliviating organisations in the realm of science by Oliver Dimbath (2012). 97…”

“…Oblivion as a strategy of organisational steering is analysed by Pablo Martin de Holan and Nelson Phillips (2004a;2004b). 100 Such an estimation is to be found already in James March and later in James P. Walsh and Gerardo R. Ungson (1991) -for an overview see also Oliver Dimbath (2012). 101 Also in this context it must be reminded tot he organised passing on of a certain selection of scientific knowledge not least in the context of thought styles -and by representatives of certain generations -as described by Stephen Toulmin (1977).…”

“…In the context of current debates on the institutional capability of the sciences to renew themselves, from an organisation-sociological point of view, one may ask how far techniques and strategies of organisational oblivion are (can be) transferred to academic life (Dimbath, 2012).…”