In the Shadow of the Factory. A Vision of the Nitrogen Plant Disaster in Mościce at the Monument of Wilhelm Sasnal Cover Image

W cieniu fabryki. Wizja katastrofy Zakładów Azotowych w Mościcach w pomniku Wilhelma Sasnala
In the Shadow of the Factory. A Vision of the Nitrogen Plant Disaster in Mościce at the Monument of Wilhelm Sasnal

Author(s): Marcin Laberschek
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: cień organizacyjny; pomniki organizacji; sztuka i zarządzanie; wyobrażenia zbiorowe; organizational shadow; monuments of the organization; art and management; collective representations

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the shadow phenomenon understood as the state of anxiety of people who create the social environment of an organization. This phenomenon was discussed on the example of Zakłady Azotowe in Mościce and the Wilhelm Sasnal monument, using research material from indepth interviews with the creator of the monument and with Dawid Radziszewski, artistic curator. Information from existing sources and the results of the visual analysis of the monument were also used. The result of the analysis is that: (1) shadow is a kind of social fear of threats from the organization (e.g., failures); (2) its source is the organization itself; (3) shadow is rooted in the past (4) and projected for the future; (5) shadow organizes social life in the environment of the organization and manifests itself in stories, myths and art.

  • Issue Year: 21/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 325-346
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish