{"product_id":"self-institutionalization-reader-chris-dreier-9789083449869","title":"Self-Institutionalization Reader: A Terminology Audit of Self-Instituted Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rigorous yet subversive glossary of the verbal frameworks of institutions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInitiated by the Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.), \u003ci\u003eSelf-Institutionalization Reader\u003c\/i\u003e investigates artist offices, bureaus, departments, ministries, societies, centers and other explicitly institutional invocations. It examines the act of self-institution as both a conceptual and operational approach, focusing on how these practices structure themselves and engage with their contexts. The Terminology Audit found within this reader reveals language and jargon unique to each practice. Meanwhile, the case studies from researchers currently active in the field represent a broad range of approaches, including research-based, performance-driven, pragmatic, materially motivated, counter-institutional, esoteric and absurd facsimiles of institutionhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors include: \u003c\/b\u003e Bureau of Melodramatic Research (BMR), Department of Ultimology, Self Luminous Society, Temporary Information Center, The Letter Space Department (TLSD).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Dreier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9083449866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789083449869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Set Margins' Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Chris Dreier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47135475499263,"sku":"9789083449869","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_944bb518-57d0-4185-904b-620bd1fde45c.jpg?v=1755010268","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/self-institutionalization-reader-chris-dreier-9789083449869","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}