PDW-07 [SWG-13]: Markets and Valuation
Call for Applications
Purpose
The "Markets and Valuation" Paper Development Workshop (PDW) is a pre-Colloquium activity that
aims to help scholars develop their papers in close interaction with leading researchers in the field. In addition to the
"Creative Industries" EGOS Standing Working Group (SWG) 13, this PDW offers an arena for scholars sharing an interest in the
field of Creative Industries, Markets, and Valuation to develop their ideas towards publishable research articles. However,
more than in the regular SWG 13 and sub-theme 13 format, the focus in this PDW will be on small group interaction and pragmatic
issues related to publishing.
This PDW is open to all scholars though preference will be given to PhD students
and early-career researchers. Accepted papers will be briefly presented and thoroughly discussed in round table sessions with
leading scholars in the field. All participants are expected to have read the papers of their fellow session presenters and
be ready to contribute to their discussion. Participants will also be expected to attend all sessions of the workshop.
The workshop will take place on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, 9:00am–12:00pm.
Theme
The
paradigm of art worlds and the market paradigm are regarded as different, and often contradictory institutions that derive
different orders of worth. While markets are economic exchanges that require commensurability, artistic and creative endeavors
are characterized as a means of creating "singularities" (Karpik, 2010).
Creative industries, where these two
paradigms intersect, therefore provide a rich context for research that deepens our understanding of markets, organizations,
and institutions. Markets for creative works, with their subjective criteria of quality and value, are particularly appropriate
venues for the study of socially constructed value and valuation processes. Due to the primarily symbolic nature of creative
goods, a study of their production and consumption patterns can illuminate antecedents and consequences of power and status
hierarchies within organizational fields. Since aesthetics are deep-rooted cultural elements, the adoption of artistic innovations
can help explain how broad institutional change can be effected. The unique features of creative industries can thus be harnessed
to generate distinctive insights into the workings of markets.
We invite papers in organization studies and economic
sociology that engage with questions of social embeddedness of economic transactions, social and cultural bases of market
exchange, and social construction of value. While the convenors of the PDW have approached these questions by studying creative
industries, papers that address these issues in any market context are welcomed.
Application
All scholars interested in developing their papers towards publishable articles are invited to apply to this PDW. However, preference will be given to PhD students/early career scholars. To be considered as an early-career scholar, the applicant needs to have completed his/her doctoral/PhD thesis within the last three years.
Please submit – via the EGOS website! – a single document of application (.doc, .docx or .pdf file) that includes:
- On the first page: a short letter of application containing full details of name, address (postal address, phone and email), affiliation (date of PhD completion for early career scholars), a statement of why the applicant considers it valuable to attend this PDW as well as an indication of what journal(s) the paper is likely to be submitted to.
- A full draft paper that is to be developed to a publishable stage.