Valuation as a Semiotic, Narrative, and Dramaturgical Problem

Fabian Muniesa; José Ossandón

doi:10.3384/VS.2001-5992.2023.10.1.1-9

Authors

Fabian Muniesa Mines Paris – PSL
José Ossandón Copenhagen Business School

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3384/VS.2001-5992.2023.10.1.1-9

Keywords:

semiotics, narrative, Dramaturgy, Valuation, actor-network theory

Abstract

Author Biographies

Fabian Muniesa, Mines Paris – PSL

Fabian Muniesa is Research Director (Professor) at Mines Paris – PSL, and a member of the Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation in Paris. He is the author of The Provoked Economy: Economic Reality and the Performative Turn (Routledge, 2014). His most recent research interests include the anthropological critique of value, and the connections between finance and paranoia. He is the co-founder of the journal Valuation Studies.

José Ossandón, Copenhagen Business School

José Ossandón is Associate Professor in the Organization of Markets, Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School. He specializes in economic sociology, social studies of finance, and social studies of markets. His current collaborative research efforts focus on two main areas: the work and techniques deployed in the organization of markets designed to deal with collective problems, and on the different actors and practices involved in managing household finance. He is co-editor-in-chief of Valuation Studies and associate editor of The Journal of Cultural Economy.

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