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Papers by Maribel Blasco

Routledge eBooks, Jun 7, 2023

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Research on academic activism tends to foreground vociferous and explicit forms of activism that ... more Research on academic activism tends to foreground vociferous and explicit forms of activism that pursue predefined political agendas. Against this backdrop, this article proposes that academic activism can take more subtle forms. Writing as an academic activist collective, we unpack what subtle activism might look like within the context of contemporary academia. We use Foucault’s concept of heterotopia to argue that subtle activism can expand the space of what is possible in academia today by experimenting with quietly unsettling norms rather than overtly opposing or rejecting them. We offer a set of principles that might underpin a subtle activist agenda, extrapolated from practices from colleagues and from own activist collective. We hope that these principles may serve to inspire other academics wishing to engage in subtle activism by unsettling everyday practices that discreetly challenge the status quo, thereby contributing to gently shifting the agenda for how it is possible ...

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Wellbeing

British Academy of Management, Sep 3, 2019

The performative imperatives of being and becoming a business school academic in contemporary neo... more The performative imperatives of being and becoming a business school academic in contemporary neoliberal circumstances are fraught with critiques and contestations, especially when set against intense and urgent calls to address global scale, societal and climactic crises. Within this context, there is a plurality of ways in which academics attempt to challenge, resist, and deconstruct in order to reconstruct possibilities for futures which embody sustainable sensitivities and action. However, the literature has not yet documented this plurality, so this workshop aims to collate and map the alternative praxes of academic activism, that is, the different perspectives and possibilities of how theory-practice is imbricated and expressed in practice. This participatory workshop invites and welcomes a range of scholars to experiment and explore the praxes of academic activism in a supportive environment, and consider future individual and collaborative agendas and acts. Track Critical Management Studies

Supplemental material, Appendix for Situationally orchestrated pedagogy: Teacher reflections on p... more Supplemental material, Appendix for Situationally orchestrated pedagogy: Teacher reflections on positioning as expert, facilitator, and caregiver by Maribel Blasco, Annemette Kjærgaard and Thyra Uth Thomsen in Management Learning

Journal of Management Education, 2022

Students wishing to pursue careers in international business, notably in the developing world, mu... more Students wishing to pursue careers in international business, notably in the developing world, must be prepared for complex, unpredictable, uncomfortable, and messy realities, and to collaborate with others very different from themselves. Mainstream business school learning environments are generally highly structured, cognitively oriented, predictable and hence not particularly conducive to orchestrating the disruptive experiences that can develop such abilities. In this article, we show how a field-based course in an East African country can support such learning. Based on data gathered from students over several iterations of the field course, we draw on experiential learning theory (ELT) in showing how the top-down orchestration of the course constituted a learning space that produced three main types of disruption to students’ taken-for-granted habits and assumptions, namely: intense sensory impressions and sensations, loss of predictability and control, and learning interdepen...

Based on empirical data collected in various secondary schools in Guadalajara, this article focus... more Based on empirical data collected in various secondary schools in Guadalajara, this article focuses on a dimension that has received little attention in research on educational attainment: affectivity. The article argues that in contexts where students must often make educational decisions on their own due to economic difficulties or family pressures, students ’ feelings about their school and teachers can influence their decision to remain in school or abandon their studies. The article also reflects on the role of educational counseling in secondary schools: it is suggested that school counselors could do much to promote student well being, but that students currently do not always view the service as inviting or positive.

Blasco, M. (2003). Stranger to us than the birds in our garden? Reflections on hermeneutics, inte... more Blasco, M. (2003). Stranger to us than the birds in our garden? Reflections on hermeneutics, intercultural understanding and the management of difference.

A 'cultural' dimension is today increasingly taught at universities as a supplement to di... more A 'cultural' dimension is today increasingly taught at universities as a supplement to disciplines that have not traditionally paid much attention to culture. Universities are competing to produce graduates with a 'global mindset' who are well equipped to cope in multicultural, team-oriented workplaces. Yet the way in which culture is taught is bound to differ de-pending on the context in which teaching takes place. Current research on teaching cultural skills tends to favour a social con-structivist approach where actors are seen as constructing collective means of sense-making in the arenas and groups in which they partici-pate. Teachers, who are often very keen to promote tolerance, empathy and intercultural dialogue, often support such an approach, but it can be a challenge to transfer this to teaching, especially in interdisciplinary con-texts. This book explores these challenges based on experiences from Danish universities, but its broader themes make it highl...

Information-an International Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009

Large-scale sociological studies have confirmed the rise of prejudice against migrants in various... more Large-scale sociological studies have confirmed the rise of prejudice against migrants in various European societies (Semyonov et al., 2006), but the underlying microsocial dynamics and implications for host engagement with migrants, and vice versa, are not well understood. An understanding of exchange dynamics between hosts and migrants is crucial in designing measures to support harmonious relations, improve professional and social opportunities for both groups, and mitigate potentially self-exclusionary tendencies, such as radicalization (Lyons-Padilla et al., 2015). Host societies that are unable or unwilling to engage in exchange with migrants risk missing out on their potential professional and/or social contributions; and even experience challenges to their collective sense of nonbelonging ‘at home’ (Kymlicka, 2013). Migrants who cannot or will not exchange with hosts may find their access to jobs, financial services, and education limited, hindering their social integration ...

In recent student interviews I and my colleagues conducted in connection with the implementation ... more In recent student interviews I and my colleagues conducted in connection with the implementation of the PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) programme at CBS, I was intrigued to hear students talk about ‘responsible management education’ not primarily as a question of what they were taught, but of how responsibly their learning experience was managed. Students expected their teachers to be role models for how ‘good managers’ should behave; and looked to their school to set an example of good management. In appraising their teachers as responsible managers (or otherwise), students spent a lot of effort trying to attribute responsibility, wrestling with questions about the demarcation between their own responsibilities and those of their teachers and other BS actors, including the administration and students from other specialization. Notably, they saw responsibility as a relational construct where their responsibilities and those of other BS actors demarcated one an...

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021

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... needs – a mission that has little to do with the university's traditional self-understan... more ... needs – a mission that has little to do with the university's traditional self-understanding (seeEgholm Feldt & Egholm Feldt 2009). ... Det gælder især områder, hvor kompetencen har med styring, ledelse, social afstemthed, udfordring af andres synspunkter og reelt samspil at gøre ...

Women's Studies International Forum, 2003

Synopsis-It is often assumed that in Latin America the family will care for elderly relatives. Ye... more Synopsis-It is often assumed that in Latin America the family will care for elderly relatives. Yet, older people's dependence on family members should not be regarded as unproblematic. This article reviews the living arrangements of older women in urban Mexico, where, despite widely held beliefs about the special treatment merited by women as mothers, one in nine older women now lives alone. Recent figures suggest the proportion is growing rapidly. We use a life course perspective to explore the reasons for this pattern and examine the implications for the well-being of unmarried women living alone or with married daughters or sons. The article presents findings from a research project on gender and the home using a combination of qualitative and survey research methods in Guadalajara, Mexico's second largest city.