Irony, Critique and Ethnomethodology in the Study of Computer Work: Fundamental Tensions Stream 5: Exploring the Meaning of ‘Critique’ in Electronically-Mediated Work

Irony, Critique and Ethnomethodology in the Study of Computer Work: Fundamental Tensions

To broaden critical discussion in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) beyond current approaches, we look outside the core management discourse and examine the critical implications of ethnomethodological research on computerized work environments in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW). The revolutionary impact and continuin...

Critical Information Systems Ethics Stream 5: Exploring the Meaning of “Critique” in Electronically-Mediated Work

Information Requirements Determination And Gender: An Application Of Habermas’ Theory Of Communicative Action Stream 5: Exploring the Meaning of ‘Critique’ in Electronically-Mediated Work

Reconceptualising Religion : A Philosophical Critique of Religious Studies as Cultural Studies

The aim of my argument (1) is to reconceptualise what is now called religious studies as the study of institutionalised values, and the relation between values and the legitimation of power in a specific society. Though I do not talk much about power here, it is always a fundamental issue in the study of specific social groups.The first assumption which I make in this paper is that the way anal...

Critique of Novel/ San’atizadeh in the 21st Century: A Review of the Novel Rostam in the 22nd Century, Mohammad Mehdi Moghimizadeh

This article is a study of Rostam in the 22nd Century (written in 1313 Persian calendar), a novel by Abdolhossein San’atizadeh. For this purpose, a brief introduction to San’atizadeh and his work and a summary of the story are provided. This paper then attempts to describe the sci-fi genre and its important components. Afterward, these components are presented in San’atizadeh’s novel and its ce...