The Wonderful, Magnanimous, Spectacular and Possible World of Traveling Circuses in Brazil
Journal Title: BAR: Brazilian Administration Review - Year 2016, Vol 13, Issue 3
Abstract
This paper aims to examine the everyday management of traveling circuses in Brazil by looking for the practices and strategies that allow them to survive over time. To this end, it relies on theories about the management of everyday life developed by De Certeau. The discourses of individuals working at small, medium and large circuses is analysed to reveal their routine strategies and tactics. This analysis reveals the complexities and contradictions involved in the management of such organizations, while debating the strategies and tactics developed within them, as well as the everyday process of creation-invention. Circuses are practiced organizations like any other and, as such, they are part of the local social-historical reality, reconstructing themselves every day.
Authors and Affiliations
Aguiar, Ana Rosa Camillo; Carrieri, Alexandre de Pádua; Souza, Eloisio Moulin de
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