Do categories have politics? the language/action perspective reconsidered Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:4238746, abstract = {Drawing on writings within the CSCW community and on recent social theory, this paper proposes that the adoption of speech act theory as a foundation for system design carries with it an agenda of discipline and control over organization members actions. I begin with a brief review of the language/action perspective introduced by Winograd, Flores and their colleagues, focusing in particular on the categorization of speakers intent. I then turn to some observations on the politics of categorization and, with that framework as background, consider the attempt, through THE COORDINATOR, to implement a technological system for intention-accounting within organizations. Finally, I suggest the implications of the analysis presented in the paper for the politics of CSCW systems design.}, address = {Norwell, MA, USA}, author = {Suchman, Lucy}, booktitle = {ECSCW'93: Proceedings of the third conference on European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work}, citeulike-article-id = {4238746}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1241934.1241935}, isbn = {0-7923-2447-1}, keywords = {hci, language, theory, ubicomp}, location = {Milan, Italy}, pages = {1--14}, posted-at = {2009-03-31 07:41:55}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers}, title = {Do categories have politics? the language/action perspective reconsidered}, url = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1241934.1241935}, year = {1993} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:4238746 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4238746 N2 - Drawing on writings within the CSCW community and on recent social theory, this paper proposes that the adoption of speech act theory as a foundation for system design carries with it an agenda of discipline and control over organization members actions. I begin with a brief review of the language/action perspective introduced by Winograd, Flores and their colleagues, focusing in particular on the categorization of speakers intent. I then turn to some observations on the politics of categorization and, with that framework as background, consider the attempt, through THE COORDINATOR, to implement a technological system for intention-accounting within organizations. Finally, I suggest the implications of the analysis presented in the paper for the politics of CSCW systems design. CY - Milan, Italy SN - 0-7923-2447-1 AD - Norwell, MA, USA EP - 14 TI - Do categories have politics? the language/action perspective reconsidered PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers T2 - ECSCW'93: Proceedings of the third conference on European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work SP - 1 KW - hci KW - language KW - theory KW - ubicomp AU - Suchman, Lucy PY - 1993/// UR - http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1241934.1241935 ER -