I'm applying some of Jacques Rancière’s concepts to (cross-border) anti-sweatshop campaigns, and I'm wondering if anyone else has done this before. I'm aware that his work is sometimes used to look at social struggles concerning undocumented migrants, but I'm not aware of any study applying Rancière’s to anti-sweatshop struggles (or other trans-national campaigns). Suggestions are welcome.
I don't think it has been done empirically (not in the organization and management field at least) but it would be very useful to use Ranciere to reanalyse work that has been done on anti-sweatshop protest using theatre such as that by David Boje. There's very little use of him theoretically either - some in ethics, a liitle in aesthetics - as his approach to politics is rather challenging for MOS.
@ Stephen: thanks for the suggestion to re-read Boje's work with Rancieran glasses on.
@Ivo: thanks for the documents, especially the one from Todd seems useful
At the link below, my first attempt to apply some of Ranciere's concepts to the anti-sweatshop movement (see the last three pages in the conclusion). Admittedly, far from fully worked out, but it is a start.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316285675_Global_production_networks_as_sites_of_worker_discontent_A_sociospatial_analysis_of_two_decades_of_anti-sweatshop_campaigns_in_the_global_garment_industry
Conference Paper Global production networks as sites of worker discontent: A ...
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