Abstract
In this essay I complement the methodological practice of organizational discourse studies. My contribution lies in using visual discourse analysis in a historical research setting – I call this methodological approach ‘visual archaeology’. I highlight this method by reporting an empirical case from the presidential leadership of Urho Kekkonen of Finland. After going through the research process of my study, I present the emergent photo-essay, showing and explaining my theoretical reading of the empirical material that I collected. The essay concludes with a discussion of the contributions of this approach for the practice of conducting visual discourse studies in historical organizational research.
| Original language | English |
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| Peer-reviewed scientific journal | Management & Organizational History |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 52-70 |
| ISSN | 1744-9359 |
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| Publication status | Published - 01.2015 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article - refereed |
Keywords
- 615 History and archaeology
- discourse-historical approach
- leadership
- management history
- multi-modal discourse analysis
- qualitative research methods
- structuralism
- study of myth
- Urho Kekkonen
- visual studies