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Purpose: Surveillance is becoming ever more present within the workplace prominently surfacing within the performance appraisal process, urging to investigate manifestations of Workplace Dignity within this process. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative case study approach was applied while the semi-structured interviews were analysed within a post-positivist paradigm, utilizing deductive coding. Findings: The investigations into the performance appraisal practices of a professional services company reveal the complexities and multifaceted relationship between particular aspects of performance management practices and Workplace Dignity. Aspects of digital monitoring and detailed performance measurement entailing characteristics of surveillance, can violate and threaten Workplace Dignity by disregarding contextual factors like holidays or sickness, which can lead to perceptions of manipulation and discrimination. However, the majority of practices connected to performance management protect and promote dignity, such as regular check-ins and development talks. These communicative interactions between managers and employees entail empathy and support towards the individual’s needs, professional ambitions and recognition of their contributions which promote Workplace Dignity Originality/value: This research provides actionable insight for affirmative practices within the performance management practices protecting and promoting Workplace Dignity., Masterarbeit Universität Innsbruck 2024

What motivates gratuitous behaviour? What characterizes its expression? Who benefits from and who is excluded from our favour? In this chapter, we tackle the long-standing anthropological puzzle of how to attend to manifestations of spontaneity, free will to act, and sympathy – that is, manifestations of favour. We argue that acts of favour constitute a significant ethical dimension of social life. We show how favours perform the intermediary and balancing work between incommensurable values, interests, obligations, and ethical sensibilities that underpin our lives. Favours can mediate, for example, between the calculative values of the market and those of friendship and kin relations, between the divine grace and performing good deeds; or in the situations of radical distress, when the question of life and death is at stake. Ultimately, if human sociality is grounded in the exchange of sentiments and gratitude mediated by the ethical labour of favours, then favours need to be considered as one of the key articulations of the ethical condition of social life.

This article presents a way of understanding the concept of children’s needs in preschool as a differentiating practice in the tension between special and general education where performative acts take place. Drawing on ideas of Foucault and Butler, the article examines official discourse regarding children’s needs represented at a policy level in the Swedish preschool curriculum with its inclusive ideals. That discourse is shown to give rise to problems in relation to everyday preschool practice, which is seen as filled with dilemmas. These dilemmas concern questions about fulfilling the mission of a preschool for all as well as for every child, and include an understanding of how children’s needs are negotiated in relation to equality, fairness and the resources available.

This article presents a way of understanding the concept of children’s needs in preschool as a differentiating practice in the tension between special and general education where performative acts take place. Drawing on ideas of Foucault and Butler, the article examines official discourse regarding children’s needs represented at a policy level in the Swedish preschool curriculum with its inclusive ideals. That discourse is shown to give rise to problems in relation to everyday preschool practice, which is seen as filled with dilemmas. These dilemmas concern questions about fulfilling the mission of a preschool for all as well as for every child, and include an understanding of how children’s needs are negotiated in relation to equality, fairness and the resources available.

Between Beauvoir and Butler, we will question whether the "becoming woman" establishes the distinction between sex and gender, becoming a mode of acculturation that, in addition to the anatomical differentials, designates a performance in transformation. From Beauvoir, we will see: situated, subjectivity is established between civilization and intercorporeal relations. Marking the woman as the second sex, Beauvoir ratifies the ambiguity as a human factor, weaving reflections to the freedom, oppression, recognition and feminine condition. Of this, Beauvoir is questioning that Butler interrogates the genders. By tracing the incipient use of gender in "becoming woman," Butler suggests revisions to the phenomenological notions of subject, body, situation, and sexual difference. It promotes a performative conception where the genre is a constant becoming. It describes how the genres are constituted, considering that there are no ideal genres. Thus, becoming gender means that as a body we dramatize and style it. Criticism, this performance personifies a way of acting where repetition, innovation, necessity and contingency are re-signifiable., Entre Beauvoir e Butler, questionaremos se o tornar-se mulher instaura a distinção entre sexo e gênero, convertendo-se num modo de aculturação que, aquém dos diferenciais anatômicos, designa uma performance em transformação. De Beauvoir, veremos: situada, a subjetividade se estabelece entre a civilização e as relações intercorpóreas. Assinalando a mulher como o segundo sexo, Beauvoir ratifica a ambiguidade como fator humano, tecendo reflexões à liberdade, opressão, reconhecimento e condição feminina. Disto, é interpelando Beauvoir que Butler interroga os gêneros. Rastreando no tornar-se mulher o uso incipiente do gênero, Butler sugere revisões às noções fenomenológicas de sujeito, corporeidade, situação e diferença sexual. Fomenta uma concepção performática onde o gênero é um constante devir. Descreve como se constituem os gêneros, considerando que não existem gêneros ideais. Assim, tornar-se gênero significa que, enquanto corpo, o dramatizamos e estilizamos. Crítica, esta performance personifica um modo de agir onde repetição, inovação, necessidade e contingência são ressignificáveis.

Between Beauvoir and Butler, we will question whether the "becoming woman" establishes the distinction between sex and gender, becoming a mode of acculturation that, in addition to the anatomical differentials, designates a performance in transformation. From Beauvoir, we will see: situated, subjectivity is established between civilization and intercorporeal relations. Marking the woman as the second sex, Beauvoir ratifies the ambiguity as a human factor, weaving reflections to the freedom, oppression, recognition and feminine condition. Of this, Beauvoir is questioning that Butler interrogates the genders. By tracing the incipient use of gender in "becoming woman", Butler suggests revisions to the phenomenological notions of subject, body, situation, and sexual difference. It promotes a performative conception where the genre is a constant becoming. It describes how the genres are constituted, considering that there are no ideal genres. Thus, becoming gender means that as a body we dramatize and style it. Criticism, this performance personifies a way of acting where repetition, innovation, necessity and contingency are re-signifiable.

Between Beauvoir and Butler, we will question whether the "becoming woman" establishes the distinction between sex and gender, becoming a mode of acculturation that, in addition to the anatomical differentials, designates a performance in transformation. From Beauvoir, we will see: situated, subjectivity is established between civilization and intercorporeal relations. Marking the woman as the second sex, Beauvoir ratifies the ambiguity as a human factor, weaving reflections to the freedom, oppression, recognition and feminine condition. Of this, Beauvoir is questioning that Butler interrogates the genders. By tracing the incipient use of gender in "becoming woman," Butler suggests revisions to the phenomenological notions of subject, body, situation, and sexual difference. It promotes a performative conception where the genre is a constant becoming. It describes how the genres are constituted, considering that there are no ideal genres. Thus, becoming gender means that as a body we dramatize and style it. Criticism, this performance personifies a way of acting where repetition, innovation, necessity and contingency are re-signifiable., Entre Beauvoir e Butler, questionaremos se o tornar-se mulher instaura a distinção entre sexo e gênero, convertendo-se num modo de aculturação que, aquém dos diferenciais anatômicos, designa uma performance em transformação. De Beauvoir, veremos: situada, a subjetividade se estabelece entre a civilização e as relações intercorpóreas. Assinalando a mulher como o segundo sexo, Beauvoir ratifica a ambiguidade como fator humano, tecendo reflexões à liberdade, opressão, reconhecimento e condição feminina. Disto, é interpelando Beauvoir que Butler interroga os gêneros. Rastreando no tornar-se mulher o uso incipiente do gênero, Butler sugere revisões às noções fenomenológicas de sujeito, corporeidade, situação e diferença sexual. Fomenta uma concepção performática onde o gênero é um constante devir. Descreve como se constituem os gêneros, considerando que não existem gêneros ideais. Assim, tornar-se gênero significa que, enquanto corpo, o dramatizamos e estilizamos. Crítica, esta performance personifica um modo de agir onde repetição, inovação, necessidade e contingência são ressignificáveis.

“The yellow duck” attacks: An analysis of the activities of the “Ne da(vi)mo Beograd” initiative in the Serbian public spaceThe main aim of the paper is to present the performative dimension of activities undertaken by the “Ne da(vi)mo Beograd” Initiative. The Initiative’s actions, which initially concerned opposition to the “Belgrade on Water” project, turned into a regular political campaign. These activities clearly illustrate contemporary ways of managing civil opposition, as well as performative practices aimed at creating a civil society. The focus is on verbal and non-verbal practices of expressing resistance, as well as strategies for building a sense of community among the participants of the Initiative’s gatherings. „Żółta kaczka” atakuj. Aanaliza działalności inicjatywy „Ne da(vi)mo Beograd” w serbskiej przestrzeni publicznejCelem artykułu jest przedstawienie performatywnego wymiaru działań podejmowanych przez inicjatywę „Ne da(vi)mo Beograd”. Akcje inicjatywy, początkowo związane ze sprzeciwem wobec projektu „Belgrad na wodzie”, przerodziły się w regularną kampanię polityczną. Działania te dobrze ilustrują współczesne sposoby zarządzania sprzeciwem obywatelskim, a także praktyki performatywne mające na celu tworzenie społeczeństwa obywatelskiego. W centrum zainteresowania znajdują się werbalne i niewerbalne praktyki wyrażania oporu, a także strategie budowania poczucia wspólnotowości wśród uczestników zgromadzeń organizowanych przez inicjatywę.

This study analyses the presence of feminism in Jan Guillou's Blue Star. The study is also looking for similarities between the main character Johanne Lauritzen and Guillou's male character in the series about Coq Rouge, Carl Hamilton. Answers are also sought for the question whether these two characters are heroes on the same terms.

This study analyses the presence of feminism in Jan Guillou's Blue Star. The study is also looking for similarities between the main character Johanne Lauritzen and Guillou's male character in the series about Coq Rouge, Carl Hamilton. Answers are also sought for the question whether these two characters are heroes on the same terms.

Este trabajo propone un acercamiento doble a la novela La Revuelta de Sonia Montecino, donde pensamos que tanto la teoría queer como el origen mapuche son de gran importancia en la construcción identitaria de la protagonista. Nuestro análisis consiste en un intento de relacionar la búsqueda de una identidad por parte de la protagonista, mediante una subversión del sexo, por un lado, y mediante la vuelta a los ancestros, por otro. La hipótesis principal de nuestro trabajo es que La Revuelta presenta una propuesta alternativa sobre la construcción identitaria femenina. Para abarcar nuestra investigación nos empleamos de diferentes herramientas metodológicas, como la teoría queer desarrollada por Judith Butler y la cultura mapuche sintetizada por el antropólogo Rolf Foerster. Al igual que nos detenemos en los estudios del sociólogo chileno Jorge Larraín que nos sirven para comprender el contexto en el que se sitúa la trama de la novela, asimismo como recurrimos a Genette y Greimas para llevar a cabo un estudio narratológico, dado que nuestro cuerpo de investigación ha sido un texto narrativo., This paper proposes the use of a dual approach of queer theory and the importance of the indigenous Mapuche identity, to analyze the identity construction of the protagonist in the novel La Revuelta. The analysis is an attempt to relate the search for identity by the protagonist, through a subversion of gender on the one hand and the return to the ancestral past on the other. The main hypothesis of our work is that La Revuelta presents an alternative proposal on female identity construction. To execute our research we employ different methodological tools, such as queer theory developed by Judith Butler and the theories on Mapuche culture compiled by anthropologist Rolf Foerster. We also focus on the studies of the Chilean sociologist Jorge Larraín, which allow us to understand the context in which the plot of the novel is set, as well as referring to Genette and Greimas in order to conduct a narratological study.

Este trabajo propone un acercamiento doble a la novela La Revuelta de Sonia Montecino, donde pensamos que tanto la teoría queer como el origen mapuche son de gran importancia en la construcción identitaria de la protagonista. Nuestro análisis consiste en un intento de relacionar la búsqueda de una identidad por parte de la protagonista, mediante una subversión del sexo, por un lado, y mediante la vuelta a los ancestros, por otro. La hipótesis principal de nuestro trabajo es que La Revuelta presenta una propuesta alternativa sobre la construcción identitaria femenina. Para abarcar nuestra investigación nos empleamos de diferentes herramientas metodológicas, como la teoría queer desarrollada por Judith Butler y la cultura mapuche sintetizada por el antropólogo Rolf Foerster. Al igual que nos detenemos en los estudios del sociólogo chileno Jorge Larraín que nos sirven para comprender el contexto en el que se sitúa la trama de la novela, asimismo como recurrimos a Genette y Greimas para llevar a cabo un estudio narratológico, dado que nuestro cuerpo de investigación ha sido un texto narrativo., This paper proposes the use of a dual approach of queer theory and the importance of the indigenous Mapuche identity, to analyze the identity construction of the protagonist in the novel La Revuelta. The analysis is an attempt to relate the search for identity by the protagonist, through a subversion of gender on the one hand and the return to the ancestral past on the other. The main hypothesis of our work is that La Revuelta presents an alternative proposal on female identity construction. To execute our research we employ different methodological tools, such as queer theory developed by Judith Butler and the theories on Mapuche culture compiled by anthropologist Rolf Foerster. We also focus on the studies of the Chilean sociologist Jorge Larraín, which allow us to understand the context in which the plot of the novel is set, as well as referring to Genette and Greimas in order to conduct a narratological study.

This article is part of a research process that explores the relations, frictions, possibilities and transformations between names, bodies and identities. Based on the conception of proper names, understood as performative acts that not only describe the identity of the name bearer but create that very identity, this paper aims to analyse the proper name as a basic narrative structure sustaining over time the fiction of a homogeneous, stable and unified identity. From the perspective of critical thinking and anti-essentialism applied to the identity category, the proper name will be considered as a key element in the construction of individual identities and the embodiment of a fictional essence. Name changes thus point to a gap and a potential rupture, offering the opportunity to show us in a different light, while revealing the instability, re-articulation and heterogeneity of identities., El presente artículo forma parte de un proceso abierto de investigación en el que se abordan las relaciones, fricciones, posibilidades y transformaciones entre nombres, cuerpos e identidades. A partir de la concepción de los nombres propios como actos performativos que, más allá de describir la identidad de quien porta dicho nombre, la producen, se propone el análisis del nombre propio como soporte narrativo fundamental para la ficción de una identidad homogénea, estable, fija y unitaria. Desde una perspectiva de pensamiento crítica y antiesencialista respecto a la categoría de identidad, el nombre propio será examinado como un elemento clave en la construcción de las identidades individuales y su ficción en tanto que estables y unitarias a lo largo del tiempo. Los cambios de nombre suponen, así, una brecha y una posibilidad de ruptura, a la vez que ofrecen la oportunidad de (re)narrarnos, mostrando la inestabilidad, rearticulación y heterogeneidad de las identidades.

The author of this text analyses a double conception of Identity, deeply rooted in popular and in scientifical and philosophical traditions of knowledge, such as identity as innate and identity as a performative and progressive work. Deepening into various of these traditions he finds how the concept of performative identity has been essential in cultural anthropology, in constructivists social theories and even in feminist and queer studies. Also the Arts have exposed clearly how there is a contradiction of realities in which essential identity and creative and constructive identity are united in a superior phenomenon in theatre, poetry or even ideological theory. Women’ s expression is also deeply linked with this union of the contraries, as it is also communication theory, which explains the process of meaning as a difference which sets a continuity. From these rich points of view the author considers how performative discourse has a deeply rooted strength which can be better analysed and identified if we have in mind its whole nature and modes of activity., El autor revisa la genealogía de dos conceptos de la autoría y la identidad anclados tanto en el saber popular como en muy diversas tradiciones y evoluciones del conocimiento, como son la identidad innata y la identidad construída o formada. Rastrea desde conceptos filosóficos hasta antropológicos, religiosos e ideológicos donde halla esta distinción hasta los mismos estudios feministas y del género en los que esta distinción cobra otra vez importancia central. La concepción performativa en la que “haciendo se es”, halla en las teorías constructivistas culturales y en las mismas teorías informativas un valor básico, de acuerdo con el cual, sólo la construcción constante produce una esencia inamovible o innata, uniendo ambos contrarios. La expresión literaria y artística expone muy bien la unión de los dos contrarios, como en la expresión teatral, que es a la vez esencia y construcción ilusoria, o en la estética femenina y su carácter. Todo ello conduce a la idea de que superando ambos planos de contradicción puede estudiarse cualquier manifestación humana, de la social a la filosófica o ideológica, como fenómenos en los que lo aparentemente secundario desde el punto de vista de la significación es lo primario desde el punto de vista del sentido, y una parte fundamental de la eficacia ideológica y comunicativa en general reside en hacer efectiva esa inversión del significado de lo aparente. Finalmente reflexiones como éstas llevan al autor hasta el análisis de las variedades del poder performativo en los mismos discursos informativos y en la construcción de la realidad social.

This ethnographic research examines the social implications of the ethnolinguistic contact that occurs in the U.S.-Mexico border region at a day labor center in Tucson, Arizona. I discuss the multiple values of English and Spanish in this setting and how individuals interpret and negotiate these values in the construction and performance of identity. More specifically, I analyze how discourses of linguistic capital shape the organization of this community and influence the dynamics of employment negotiations. The research setting includes immigrant day laborers (primarily from Mexico and Central America), employers who contract workers, and bilingual volunteers who act as language brokers between workers and their employers; all of whom use language to interactively negotiate their social status as they construct identities vis-à-vis other members of the community. My analysis reveals a discourse that places a high level of linguistic capital on Spanish-English bilingualism in the economic market. Although I have not found evidence that this linguistic capital has a real exchange rate into dollars, my data demonstrates that immigrants rapidly acquire and contribute to this locally constructed discourse. I explore the techniques that workers use to exploit and promote their language abilities through ‘performances’ of bilingualism that are realized not only to secure employment, but also for social positioning within this community of practice. Language, then, is one of the many tools that both workers and employers use in the construction of interpersonal relationships and social hierarchies. In addition, I analyze gatekeeping encounters focusing on the rapid employment negotiations that occur between day laborers and their employers, building on previous research with regard to the concepts of rapport, co-membership, and the presentation of an institutional self. Finally, I propose a model for the study of intercultural communication and contact that reflects the d

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