Existential questioning as critical performativity/critical knowing: An exploration of power, epistemic virtue and emancipation in PM's practice

Segal, Steven; Cicmil, Svetlana; Rolfe, Bradley

Abstract

In this paper we explore how existential hermeneutic (and philosophical questioning more broadly) might provide a deeper understanding of manifestations of epistemic violence in project-based organising and project management practice, and the possibility of working thought the existential disruptions to our own underlying conventions and assumptions, towards emancipatory transformative redefinition in everyday practice (Alvesson and Deetz, 2000). It is narrated in the spirit of existential questioning (Heidegger, 1993, 1996; Douglas-Mullen, 1995; Segal, 2015) and attends to a ‘lived experience’ of one of the authors in his existential struggle to reconnect with his practice as project manager (MacIntire 1988, Introna 1997).

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: The 8th Making Projects Critical - An International Conference
• Start Date: Jan 21, 2016
• End Date: Jan 22, 2016
• Acceptance Date: Dec 18, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 7, 2019
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: existential, power, PM
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/923114
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : The 8th Making Projects Critical - An International Conference