1941: Spirituality and Nature: Alternative Ontologies to Innovate for the Future. (15580)

Participant(s)

• KP

  Kathryn Pavlovich

  U. of Waikato Management School, New Zealand
• PK

  Payal Kumar

  Indian school of hospitality, India
• SD

  Sreejit Datta

  Karnavati U., India
• PM

  Peter McGhee

  Auckland U. of Technology, New Zealand
• MH

  Myk Habets

  Laidlaw College
• DS

  Danielle Smith

  U. Waikato Management School
• MT

  Manuel Tejeda

  Barry U., United States

“Innovating for the future” is implicit as scholars seek to find alternative ways of being that challenge the current dualistic approach to organising. This symposium thus offers a unique lens based upon a wholism that characterises diverse spiritual traditions to counter this separation, while also extending our understanding of the importance of alternative ontologies. Humans are embedded in an interconnected dynamic universe where the human and the more-than-human co-exist in an entangled web of relationships. Thus, how may life-sustaining meshed webs of relations include the health and well-being of humans, animals, mountains, rivers, the sky, carbon and indeed the larger cosmological whole? (Ehrnström-Fuentes, 2022). How can engagement with a supreme being – that could be nature itself (Navarro et al., 2020) – unfold and how could this relationship contribute to working in harmony with the earth? This symposium assists in reconciling the nature-economy dualism through relational ontologies, recognising the earth as a living system in which humans and the economy are but a part. As Banerjee and Arjaliès (2021, p. 16) note, a relational perspective is “fundamentally animated and spiritual, immersed in a life force that transcends time, human and non-humans.” Thus, this symposium challenges how we may innovate for the future, with a fresh perspective from relational ontologies that challenge and question the status quo to reimagine organising among diverse but interconnected perspectives that include the more-than-human.

Presentations:

• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1941: Priestly work or corporate sellouts: God, creation and order (15580)
  

  Author: Peter McGhee – Auckland U. of Technology

  Author: Myk Habets – Laidlaw College
• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1941: Chhath: Making sense of human-nature interrelations through the sun festival in India (15580)
  

  Author: Payal Kumar – Indian school of hospitality

  Author: Sreejit Datta – Karnavati U., India
• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1941: Pathways To Papatūānuku: Ecological Capitalism (15580)
  

  Author: Danielle Smith – U. Waikato Management School
• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1941: Witchcraft at work: Developing a managerial understanding of magical practices (15580)
  

  Author: Manuel Tejeda – Barry U.