ifkad articles

The traveling ideas as the contextual infection of art

Birgit Jevnaker, Johan Olaisen

This paper discusses arts as practice for business and society studies. Given that arts are necessary to develop business and society; how can valuable arts practices be learned? This conceptual paper is investigating how collective knowing develops in business contexts using art by unconventional painters such as Edvard Munch as examples of this process. The necessity of art is giving us a societal meaning of the process of knowing or a scripted story for enterprise action based upon the knowledge of art. The reflection and dialogue based on art might contribute to creativity and innovation in the business process. The paper develops a theoretical framework and theory for how this works.

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2019 – Knowledge Ecosystems and Growth
PP: 1207-1219