16th International Research Seminar on Accounting History"
Información del evento
- Lugar:
- Pablo de Olavide University
- Dirección:
Fundación MAS.
C/ Torrneonº 67
- Organiza:
- History of Accounting Interest Group of the Department of Financial Economics and Accounting (Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla)
- Inicio:
- Finalización:
- Guess Speaker: Michele Bigoni (Kent Business School)
Michele Bigoni is a Reader in Accounting at Kent Business School. Previously, he was Lecturer in Accounting at Queen's Management School, Queen's University Belfast. He holds a PhD in Accounting and Finance from the University of Ferrara, Italy.
His main areas of research are Critical accounting and accounting history and Public sector accounting is another field of interest, where he carries out research on public value measurement and management.
Of Power, knowledge and method: The influence of Michel Foucault in accounting history
Michel Foucault’s work had a strong influence not only in philosophy but also in a wide range of humanistic and social disciplines, including accounting. Notably, the first studies which brought Foucault’s thought to the attention of interdisciplinary accounting scholars were historical. This article documents how Foucault’s ideas have directly inspired accounting history scholars, how the latter have interpreted and brought Foucault’s work into their field as well as what future research paths may lie ahead. The paper offers a systematisation of how the complex ideas of Foucault have been translated into eight key themes that have provided a crucial interpretive prism to many studies in accounting history. In doing so, it assists scholars wishing to familiarise themselves with Foucault’s work and employ it in their research.