Boundary Negotiating Artifacts: Unbinding the Routine of Boundary Objects and Embracing Chaos in Collaborative Work Export

@article{Lee2007, abstract = {Empirical studies of material artifacts in practice continue to be a rich source of theoretical concepts for CSCW. This paper explores the foundational concept of boundary objects and questions the conception that all objects that move between communities of practice are boundary objects. This research presents the results of a year-long ethnographic study of collaborative work, specifically the multidisciplinary collaborative design of a museum exhibition. I suggest that artifacts can serve to establish and destabilize protocols themselves and that artifacts can be used to push boundaries rather than merely sailing across them. Artifacts used for collaboration do not necessarily exist within a web of standardized processes and disorderly processes should not be treated as ” special cases”.}, author = {Lee, Charlotte P.}, citeulike-article-id = {3042559}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewAbstract.do?articleID=32792385}, journal = {Computer Supported Cooperative Work}, keywords = {artefacts, articulation, boundary, negotiation, object, tml-project, work}, number = {3}, pages = {307--338}, posted-at = {2008-07-25 13:20:59}, priority = {0}, title = {Boundary Negotiating Artifacts: Unbinding the Routine of Boundary Objects and Embracing Chaos in Collaborative Work}, url = {http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewAbstract.do?articleID=32792385}, volume = {16}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - Lee2007 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3042559 N2 - Empirical studies of material artifacts in practice continue to be a rich source of theoretical concepts for CSCW. This paper explores the foundational concept of boundary objects and questions the conception that all objects that move between communities of practice are boundary objects. This research presents the results of a year-long ethnographic study of collaborative work, specifically the multidisciplinary collaborative design of a museum exhibition. I suggest that artifacts can serve to establish and destabilize protocols themselves and that artifacts can be used to push boundaries rather than merely sailing across them. Artifacts used for collaboration do not necessarily exist within a web of standardized processes and disorderly processes should not be treated as “special cases”. IS - 3 JF - Computer Supported Cooperative Work EP - 338 TI - Boundary Negotiating Artifacts: Unbinding the Routine of Boundary Objects and Embracing Chaos in Collaborative Work VL - 16 SP - 307 KW - artefacts KW - articulation KW - boundary KW - negotiation KW - object KW - tml-project KW - work AU - Lee, Charlotte PY - 2007/// UR - http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewAbstract.do?articleID=32792385 ER -