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Barbara Czarniawska (1948–2024) : reflections in memory of her work and life

Sabelfeld, Lana ; Dumay, John ; Jönsson, Sten ; Corvellec, Hervé LU orcid ; Catasús, Bino ; Solli, Rolf ; Eriksson-Zetterquist, Ulla ; Raviola, Elena ; Quattrone, Paolo and Guthrie, James (2025) In Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 38(9). p.80-104
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Purpose: This paper presents a reflection in memory and tribute to the work and life of Professor Barbara Czarniawska (1948–2024). Design/methodology/approach: We invited those colleagues whom we knew to be close to Barbara to submit reflections about her contributions to academia alongside their memories of her as a person. We present these reflections in the order we received them, and they have only been edited for minor grammatical and punctuation issues to preserve the voice of the contributing authors. Findings: The reflections in this paper represent different translations of Barbara’s academic and theoretical contributions. However, she also contributed to people. While we can count the number of papers, books and book chapters... (More)

Purpose: This paper presents a reflection in memory and tribute to the work and life of Professor Barbara Czarniawska (1948–2024). Design/methodology/approach: We invited those colleagues whom we knew to be close to Barbara to submit reflections about her contributions to academia alongside their memories of her as a person. We present these reflections in the order we received them, and they have only been edited for minor grammatical and punctuation issues to preserve the voice of the contributing authors. Findings: The reflections in this paper represent different translations of Barbara’s academic and theoretical contributions. However, she also contributed to people. While we can count the number of papers, books and book chapters she published, we must also count the number of co-authors, Ph.D. supervisions, visiting professorships and conference plenaries she touched. This (ac)counting tells the story of Barbara reaching out to work and interact with people, especially students and early career researchers. She touched their lives, and the publications are an artefact of a human being, not an academic stuck in an ivory tower. Originality/value: A paper in Barbara Czarniawska’s honour where some of her closest colleagues can leave translations of her work through a narrative reflection, seems to be a fitting tribute.

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Action nets, Barbara Czarniawska, Narratives, Reflections, Translation
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Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
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38
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9
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25 pages
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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0951-3574
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10.1108/AAAJ-07-2024-7259
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Publisher Copyright: © 2024, Lana Sabelfeld, John Dumay, Sten Jönsson, Hervé Corvellec, Bino Catasús, Rolf Solli, Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Elena Raviola, Paolo Quattrone and James Guthrie.
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