This paper attempts to build a bridge between the fields of Computer Supported Cooperative Work and learning in online communities. Of particular importance is their use of information and communication technologies. Each field has independently developed notions of inertia in the behaviour of users of these technologies. The notion of media stickiness is examined and related to that of imprint...

Good afternoon. First of all, I’d like to thank the two opponents, Professor Sharrock and Professor Engeström for their positive assessment of my dissertation as well as for the both critical and helpful comments they have offered. I guess that anybody who has the major part of his or her work for more than a decade evaluated by highly esteemed colleagues will look forward to reading their asse...

There are many human activities for which information about the geographical location where they take place is of paramount importance. In the last years there has been increasing interest in the combination of Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW) and geographical information. In this paper we analyze the concepts and elements of CSCW that are most relevant to geocollaboration. We defin...

“Collaborative work is the core of our society, wrought with difficulties and benefits. It is clear that technology can change group work, and there is a good possibility that it can result in major enhancements to productivity. But, there is a lot of work to do before we fully understand how to accomplish that. Trial and error from creative system builders is too slow a discovery process. What...

Drawing on a fieldwork study, this paper considers different design options for the development of a system for facilitating distributed organisation and distributed working within a sector of the print industry. The relationship between the design of the system and the design of the organisation is also examined. It is concluded that if organisations are to practically benefit from the continu...

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In this position paper, I argue, from previous experience working on Computer Mediated Communication and from recent experience studying contexts for computer supported cooperative work such as ambulance control and hospitals, that any use of the Clark Model in design needs to be incorporated within a more general analysis of experiencing relational activity.

Practice-based CSCW research is an orientation towards empirically-grounded research embracing particular methodological approaches with the aim of creating new theory about work, collaboration, and cooperative technologies. While practice-based CSCW research has several strong roots in both North America and Europe: ECSCW and Europe remain central to this tradition. In this panel we will discu...

This paper discusses seminal contributions by and current open challenges for CSCW in the study of cultural heritage practices. It provides an overview of key issues relating to social and cooperative interactions particularly around the design and use of technology at heritage sites that have emerged in CSCW, and pertaining the conduct of visitors, the design and evaluation of interactive inst...