301150 Fantasy Documents and Disasters (S) (SoSe 2020)
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Organizations develop all types of plans to prove that the are able to manage future challenges. Planing for disaster is an exercise that currently gains importance as with the climate crisis, financial instabilities or new net based technologies the public demands to see that organizations are well prepared. The organizations create plans as rhetorical tools to convince audiences that experts are in charge and organizations are prepared. Lee Clarke labelled these plans as 'fantasy documents' as they provide a false sense of security and shield the organizations against carefully assessing challenges and continuously preparing for the contingencies.
In this seminar we read Clarks classic (see below) and attempt a preliminary analysis of such fantasy documents in a field the students find interesting.
Requirements for participation, required level
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BA in a social science field
Bibliography
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Lee Clarke (1999) Mission Improbable. Using Fantasy Documents to Tame Disaster. Chicago: Chicago University Press
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| 30-M-Soz-M15a Sociology of Law and Regulation a Rechts- und Regulierungssoziologie a | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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| 30-M-Soz-M15b Sociology of Law and Regulation b Rechts- und Regulierungssoziologie b | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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