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SUMMARY:2-day Paper Development Workshop on Practices with Per Skalen
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DESCRIPTION:\n\nTBS and TSM R jointly welcome Per Skålen in Toulouse on 4
 –5 November 2026 for a series of events on practice theory and care. \n
 \n\n\nPer Skålén is Professor of Business Administration at the Service 
 Research Center and Karlstad Business School\, Karlstad University\, Swede
 n\, and Guest Professor at the University of Vaasa\, Finland. \n\n		 \n\
 n		 \n\n\n\nDay 1: A Practice Theory of Value: Bringing Care to the Cente
 r \n\n\n\nOn 4 November\, Per will give a presentation on the TSM campus 
 in Toulouse.   \n\n\n\nAbstract - What is value\, and where does it com
 e from? This talk develops a practice-theoretical answer to this question 
 by challenging the dominant tendency to equate value with price\, utility\
 , preference satisfaction\, or market exchange. Building on a new book pro
 ject\, Per Skålén argues that contemporary societies face not only econo
 mic\, ecological\, and democratic crises\, but also a deeper crisis in how
  value is conceptualized and recognized. Activities that sustain life\, in
 stitutions\, communities\, and ecosystems are often undervalued\, while ac
 tivities that generate profit may simultaneously erode the social and mate
 rial conditions on which societies depend. \n\n\n\nThe talk proposes an a
 lternative account: value should be understood as a social and temporal ac
 hievement enacted through practices and grounded in care. Care is not trea
 ted as a sectoral concern limited to welfare\, health\, or domestic life\,
  nor merely as an ethical supplement to economic life. Rather\, care is po
 sitioned as a foundational condition for value because practices only endu
 re when they are maintained\, repaired\, adjusted\, and sustained over tim
 e. \n\n\n\nThe argument builds on Skålén’s earlier work on value co-d
 estruction\, marketing-as-practice\, and services-as-practices\, while ext
 ending this research toward a broader social theory of value. By bringing 
 together value theory\, practice theory\, and care theory\, the talk offer
 s a framework for understanding how value is created\, sustained\, and des
 troyed in markets\, public services\, communities\, and institutions. \n\
 n\n\nFor more information\, please contact Isabelle Collin-Lachaud (isabel
 le.collin-lachaud@tsm-education.fr).\n\nParticipants to Day 1 and/ Day 2 a
 re invited to join a dinner that will take place on the 4th (registration 
 is compulsory\, see below).\n\n		 \n\n\n		 \n\n\n\nDay 2: Paper Developm
 ent Workshop \n\n\n\n5 November will be dedicated to a Paper Development 
 Workshop (PDW) in partnership with AFM (French Marketing Association) – 
 GIT Pratiques du Marketing. The programme will include dedicated sessions 
 for colleagues preparing submissions to the Marketing Theory special issue
  on Care\, alongside sessions for those wishing to present projects relate
 d to practice theories\, whether or not they are intended for the special 
 issue.  \n\n\n\nFor more information about participation to the PDW\, pl
 ease contact directly Fabien PECOT f.pecot@tbs-education.fr . We only offe
 r limited opportunities to present\, based on fit with the topic and advan
 cement. \n\nAccommodation   \n\n\nThe following three hotels are nea
 r the campus and offer rooms at different rates:   \n\n\n\n\n\nNovote
 l Compans Caffarelli: https://all.accor.com/hotel/0906/index.fr.shtml 
   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Social Hub: https://www.thesocialhub.co/Toulous
 e   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMercure Toulouse Centre Compans Hotel: https://
 all.accor.com/hotel/1585/index.en.shtml   \n\n\n\n\n\n	 \n
LOCATION: 31000 Toulouse - FR
ORGANIZER:EESC TBS
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