On Practicing Diversity
Organizational Worldmaking through Exploration, Experimentation and Engagement
By Maddy Janssens and Chris Steyaert
Published
May 15, 2025Page count
192 pagesISBN
978-1529235524Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
May 15, 2025Page count
192 pagesISBN
978-1529235548Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
On Practicing Diversity
How can diversity be practiced without reinforcing the very inequalities it aims to dismantle?
In this book, Maddy Janssens and Chris Steyaert address this pressing question by critically examining the assumptions behind current diversity initiatives and turning to critical practice theory and queer theory for novel insights. Through imaginative concepts, inspiring illustrations, and an integrative case study within the dance world, the authors articulate the ‘conditions of possibility’ for a fresh, impactful alternative. This book advocates for a shift from individual efforts to collective practices, proposing a politics of organizational worldmaking oriented at multiplicity – a practicing of diversity that aspires to transformative change into livable and just work lives.
Maddy Janssens is Professor at the Department of Work and Organisation Studies at KU Leuven, Belgium.
Chris Steyaert is Professor of Organizational Psychology at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.
Introduction
1. Blockages of Practicing Diversity in an Inhospitable Organizational Space
2. Organizing Multiplicity through a Nexus of Practices
3. Performing the Multiplicitous Self through Queering Identity
4. Multiplicity, Attunement, and Organizational Worldmaking in Dance
Conclusion
