In this article, there is an analysis of how day-to-day practices can be understood as being based on a micropolitical dimension of organizational processes. The theoretical discussions combine the dialogue between Michel de Certeau and Michel Foucault in their studies of day-to-day practices with the opinions of Theodore Schatzki about organizations as designated spaces. On the basis of an ethnographical study conducted in a circus that has been in operation for 25 years, we discovered management practices that allowed cultural subjects/producers to emerge and networks that had been set up to link the circus with companies, as a result of the demand for artistic activities in the market. We also observed policy measures with regard to circus arts, in discussions about the way the shows were perceived by the public, and the formation of a circus school and projects of a social nature carried out by the circus. Finally, we examine their organizational day-to-day life, as a space for practices that constitute micropolicies, within the sphere of normative management procedures. keywords Everyday practices, organizational everyday life, micropolicies, ethnography, circus.
Everyday practices; organizational everyday life; micropolicies; ethnography; circus
