The workshop is structured into four themes:
- Workshop 2012's theme I (Performance and Imaginaries)
- coordinated Franz Martin Krause
- Keynote by Kenneth Olwig
- Discussant Claire Waterton
- Workshop 2012's theme II (Objects and their Management)
- coordinated by Hannah Strauss and Niklas Hartmann
- Keynote by Kristin Asdal
- Discussant Werner Krauss
- Workshop 2012's theme III (Assemblages)
- coordinated by Anup Sam Ninan
- Workshop 2012's theme IV (Rationalities)
- coordinated by Ingmar Lippert
- Keynote by Lucy Suchman
- Discussant Isabelle Mauz