Suchman1994
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Suchman1994 |
Author(s) | Lucy Suchman |
Title | Do Categories Have Politics?: The language~action perspective reconsidered |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, Coordination technologies, organizational communications, speech act theory, systems design |
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Year | 1994 |
Language | English |
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Journal | Computer Supported Cooperative Work |
Volume | 2 |
Number | 3 |
Pages | 177- 190 |
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Abstract
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.
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