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Paper info: Experiential learning by network actors in the design and art business

Title


Experiential learning by network actors in the design and art business

Authors


Annukka Jyrämä

Place of Publication


The paper was published at the 18th IMP-conference in Perth, Australia in 2002.

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Abstract


The paper discusses the role of experiential and entrepreneurial learning in the art anddesign business. Experiential learning is perceived to be a more appropriate conceptthan organisational learning for the study of micro-sized firms, especially in a networkcontext. We maintain that learning takes place in the relationships of network actors, ineveryday practices. Yet experiential learning always requires reflection on eitherpersonal or others' experiences. We also discuss the way the network's dominant logicaffects the learning process and what is learned. Moreover, we emphasise the role ofexperiential learning in adopting the dominant logic and of identifying the key actors onentering a network and building a focal net. The discussion builds on two sets of datafrom art and design industries and on previous literature on experiential learning.