The Browbag Ontology Workshop Lausanne
Event details
| Date | 28.03.2012 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:45 |
| Speaker | Ismael Al-Amoudi (University of Reading & Centre d'Ontologie Sociale de l'EPFL) |
| Location |
EPFL , salle GCB 330
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Title: Relations of authority, obligations and roles:
ontological insights from the Occupy Geneva movement.
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to explore the import of an ontologically informed understanding of social roles for a study of relations of authority and of those social networks they presuppose and, in turn, constitute. Authority is analysed as a relation based on legitimacy. The latter is in turn analysed both in terms of authorisation and of obligations. Such a perspective emphasises the import of identities and in particular social identities and social roles in the constitution of relations of authority. Moreover, our ontological study indicates that those relations of authority that are observable in any given organisation are themselves rooted in a wider – and typically neglected – network of (significant) others whose expected attitudes is commonly used as a compass for agents engaging in relations of authority.
The Centre d’Ontologie Sociale - established at EPFL in 2010 - is launching a series of seminars on social ontology as broadly defined, the Brownbag Lausanne Ontology Workshop (BLOW). Guest-speakers drawn will discuss their latest research in a spirit of intellectual exchange and openness. Attendance is open to all and should be of particular interest to researchers in the social sciences, including doctoral students.
Meetings are scheduled at lunchtime (12h15-13h45 in room GCB330) on the last Wednesday of the month during term-time. Sandwiches and soft drinks will be available.
Forthcoming dates for 2012: Wednesdays 25th April and 30th May.
ontological insights from the Occupy Geneva movement.
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to explore the import of an ontologically informed understanding of social roles for a study of relations of authority and of those social networks they presuppose and, in turn, constitute. Authority is analysed as a relation based on legitimacy. The latter is in turn analysed both in terms of authorisation and of obligations. Such a perspective emphasises the import of identities and in particular social identities and social roles in the constitution of relations of authority. Moreover, our ontological study indicates that those relations of authority that are observable in any given organisation are themselves rooted in a wider – and typically neglected – network of (significant) others whose expected attitudes is commonly used as a compass for agents engaging in relations of authority.
The Centre d’Ontologie Sociale - established at EPFL in 2010 - is launching a series of seminars on social ontology as broadly defined, the Brownbag Lausanne Ontology Workshop (BLOW). Guest-speakers drawn will discuss their latest research in a spirit of intellectual exchange and openness. Attendance is open to all and should be of particular interest to researchers in the social sciences, including doctoral students.
Meetings are scheduled at lunchtime (12h15-13h45 in room GCB330) on the last Wednesday of the month during term-time. Sandwiches and soft drinks will be available.
Forthcoming dates for 2012: Wednesdays 25th April and 30th May.
Practical information
- Informed public
- Registration required
Organizer
- Dr Ismaël Al-Amoud, http://cdh.epfl.ch/page-37106-fr.html
Contact
- Dr. Ismaël Al-Amoudi : [email protected]