http:\/\/blogs.cim.warwick.ac.uk\/valueperformances\/<\/a><\/p>\nWhat\u2019s valuable? This question \u2013 whether at the personal, organizational, or societal level\u00a0\u2013 is increasingly being answered through various forms of competition. These can be\u00a0through the prices of market competition but they can also be through the prizes of\u00a0contests, ratings, rankings, and other forms of organized competitions.<\/p>\n
The Competitions<\/em> workshop will explore the relationship between market competition\u00a0and organized competitions. The phrase, \u201cthey are competing,\u201d might refer, for example,\u00a0to banks competing on the credit card market. But, in addition to such market\u00a0competition, it could also refer to organized competitions and games such as the World\u00a0Cup, architectural competitions, book prizes, Twitter scores, university rankings and other\u00a0types of contests. Thus, alongside market competition as a coordinating mechanism of\u00a0valuation in the economy we also find organized competitions. In the first type we find\u00a0actors competing on markets. In the second type, we find contests with entry rules,\u00a0judges, and prizes granted to the announced winners. On one side, competition is an\u00a0ongoing, seamless, and seemingly endless process; on the other, competitions are\u00a0discrete, bounded in time and location.<\/p>\nWhile market competition has been the subject of sustained attention, studies of\u00a0organized competitions are more scarce and are rarely brought together. For the\u00a0Copenhagen workshop, we are particularly interested in studies of organized\u00a0competitions, addressing questions such as (but not limited to) the following:<\/p>\n
– How are competitions (whether in sports, arts, business, politics, or science) staged and
\nstructured?
\n– How do scoring systems evolve? How do new performance metrics emerge?
\n– How do judges and juries go about reaching judgements?
\n– What are the roles of audiences and experts?
\n– What happens when forms of competition move from one domain to another?
\n– How are social agents equipped with competitive dispositions? What devices, tools and
\nsettings enable forms of competitive agency?
\n– Should we assume that everyone wants to win or that everyone accepts to play the games
\nof competition? What are the consequences of not joining in?<\/p>\n
Abstracts of no longer than 500 words should be submitted by February 15, 2016. If the abstract is\u00a0accepted, a full paper will be required by May 15, 2016. All submissions should be made to\u00a0Ana.Gross@warwick.ac.uk.<\/p>\n
Performances of Value is an International Research Network based at the\u00a0Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick,
\nsupported by a grant from The Leverhulme Trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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