Professor Ruth Woodfield and Dr Anna Brown,
University of St Andrews
Professor Ruth Woodfield, CREDI Co-Director, and Dr Anna Brown will host an online research seminar entitled “Belonging, Bodies, Banter and Beyond: bringing a Bakhtinian lens to organisational tensions within the UK Fire and Rescue Service”.
Wednesday 9 December 2020
2.30pm – 4pm
Abstract
The authors use a Bakhtinian lens to understand organisational tensions in the Fire Service. Their research explores the role of banter, and ‘beyond banter’ episodes, in affirming and challenging hierarchical relationships between various groups – including men and women – within the Service.
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