Useless bodies? Exploring the ethical potential of art
本文以丹麦艺术家Elmgreen和Dragset的展览“无用的身体？”为例，探讨艺术如何挑战对劳动身体的不平等评价，并基于巴特勒和布拉伊多蒂的后人类理论，提出艺术能促进相互依赖的伦理，为工作与组织研究提供新视角。
Abstract This paper examines the ethical value of artistic artifacts in challenging the unequal valuation of working bodies with a focus on the contemporary art exhibition ‘Useless bodies?’ by Danish artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset. Drawing on Judith Butler's work and posthuman theory, particularly Braidotti's contributions, the paper argues that this exhibition exemplifies how art can foster an ethics of interdependency, one that both critiques dynamics of misrecognition and imagines alternative futures. Furthermore, the paper proposes that this affirmative and critical ethics provides theoretical and methodological foundations for work and organization studies, prompting new questions about the significance of embodiment, esthetics, and artifacts for conducting (ethical) research.