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This book is the first to directly address the question of how to
bridge what has been termed the "great divide" between the
approaches of systems developers and those of social scientists to
computer supported cooperative work--a question that has been
vigorously debated in the systems development literature.
Traditionally, developers have been trained in formal methods and
oriented to engineering and formal theoretical problems; many
social scientists in the CSCW field come from humanistic traditions
in which results are reported in a narrative mode. In spite of
their differences in style, the two groups have been cooperating
more and more in the last decade, as the "people problems"
associated with computing become increasingly evident to everyone.
The authors have been encouraged to examine, rigorously and in
depth, the theoretical basis of CSCW. With contributions from field
leaders in the United Kingdom, France, Scandinavia, Mexico, and the
United States, this volume offers an exciting overview of the
cutting edge of research and theory. It constitutes a solid
foundation for the rapidly coalescing field of social informatics.
Divided into three parts, this volume covers social theory, design
theory, and the sociotechnical system with respect to CSCW. The
first set of chapters looks at ways of rethinking basic social
categories with the development of distributed collaborative
computing technology--concepts of the group, technology,
information, user, and text. The next section concentrates more on
the lessons that can be learned at the design stage given that one
wants to build a CSCW system incorporating these insights--what
kind of work does one need to do and how is understanding of design
affected? The final part looks at the integration of social and
technical in the operation of working sociotechnical systems.
Collectively the contributors make the argument that the social and
technical are irremediably linked in practice and so the "great
divide" not only should be a thing of the past, it should never
have existed in the first place.
This book is the first to directly address the question of how to
bridge what has been termed the "great divide" between the
approaches of systems developers and those of social scientists to
computer supported cooperative work--a question that has been
vigorously debated in the systems development literature.
Traditionally, developers have been trained in formal methods and
oriented to engineering and formal theoretical problems; many
social scientists in the CSCW field come from humanistic traditions
in which results are reported in a narrative mode. In spite of
their differences in style, the two groups have been cooperating
more and more in the last decade, as the "people problems"
associated with computing become increasingly evident to everyone.
The authors have been encouraged to examine, rigorously and in
depth, the theoretical basis of CSCW. With contributions from field
leaders in the United Kingdom, France, Scandinavia, Mexico, and the
United States, this volume offers an exciting overview of the
cutting edge of research and theory. It constitutes a solid
foundation for the rapidly coalescing field of social informatics.
Divided into three parts, this volume covers social theory, design
theory, and the sociotechnical system with respect to CSCW. The
first set of chapters looks at ways of rethinking basic social
categories with the development of distributed collaborative
computing technology--concepts of the group, technology,
information, user, and text. The next section concentrates more on
the lessons that can be learned at the design stage given that one
wants to build a CSCW system incorporating these insights--what
kind of work does one need to do and how is understanding of design
affected? The final part looks at the integration of social and
technical in the operation of working sociotechnical systems.
Collectively the contributors make the argument that the social and
technical are irremediably linked in practice and so the "great
divide" not only should be a thing of the past, it should never
have existed in the first place.
Based on the positive feedback she received from her #tipoftheday
on social media, Susan Leigh decided to extend these tips into a
book of thoughts and inspirations, designed to be enjoyed
throughout the day. Here are some of the comments from followers:
'Love your tips of the day. What a refreshing change.' 'Thanks for
your tips, they're fab.' 'I think it's amazing that you offer your
advice on different topics for free, accessible everywhere. I think
you are amazing. Thank you Susan.' 'Spot on post. It's the truth.'
'Susan, you are purely amazing. End of.' 'This is my bible. So many
times this is the root of all issues.'
The new field of machine ethics is concerned with giving machines
ethical principles, or a procedure for discovering a way to resolve
the ethical dilemmas they might encounter, enabling them to
function in an ethically responsible manner through their own
ethical decision making. Developing ethics for machines, in
contrast to developing ethics for human beings who use machines, is
by its nature an interdisciplinary endeavor. The essays in this
volume represent the first steps by philosophers and artificial
intelligence researchers toward explaining why it is necessary to
add an ethical dimension to machines that function autonomously,
what is required in order to add this dimension, philosophical and
practical challenges to the machine ethics project, various
approaches that could be considered in attempting to add an ethical
dimension to machines, work that has been done to date in
implementing these approaches, and visions of the future of machine
ethics research.
Have you reached a point in your life where the stress you are
experiencing at work, at home or in your relationships has become
too much? If so, this is the book for you. This is a definitive
guide to help you to deal with the stresses and strains of daily
life. It will help you to feel more positive about yourself, enable
you make constructive changes to your life and enjoy better
relationships with your partner, colleagues, family and friends.
Susan's wisdom and advice will provide you with insight,
inspiration and practical solutions to help you cope with whatever
life throws at you.
Are you feeling broken, perhaps in pieces, not knowing which way to
turn? Separation and divorce often catch us at our most vulnerable,
at a time when we're especially in need of impartial, solid counsel
in order to decide on the best course of action for us. This book's
been written by a group of professionals, with many decades of
experience in working with separating and divorcing clients. They
have worked together to give you an insight into the steps that may
be available to you, to answer some frequently asked questions and
to offer reassurance that things will get better in time. Sections
on family law, mediation, finance, mortgages, mental health and
wellbeing are here for you to dip into as and when you need. It's
Your Divorce Handbook - It's What You Do Next That Counts.
Borrowing from contemporary semiotics and post-structuralist
criticism, Foster outlines four models for representation in dance
which are illustrated through an analysis of the works of
contemporary choreographers and through historical examples
beginning with court ballets of the Renaissance.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
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From its beginnings as an alternative and dissident form of dance
training in the 1960s, Somatics emerged at the end of the twentieth
century as one of the most popular and widespread regimens used to
educate dancers. It is now found in dance curricula worldwide,
helping to shape the look and sensibilities of both dancers and
choreographers and thereby influencing much of the dance we see
onstage worldwide. One of the first books to examine Somatics in
detail and to analyse how and what it teaches in the dance studio,
The Natural Body in Somatics Dance Training considers how dancers
discover and assimilate new ways of moving and also larger cultural
values associated with those movements. The book traces the history
of Somatics, and it also details how Somatics developed in
different locales, engaging with local politics and dance histories
so as to develop a distinctive pedagogy that nonetheless shared
fundamental concepts with other national and regional contexts. In
so doing it shows how dance training can inculcate an embodied
politics by guiding and shaping the experience of bodily sensation,
constructing forms of reflexive evaluation of bodily action, and
summoning bodies into relationship with one another. Throughout,
the author focuses on the concept of the natural body and the
importance of a natural way of moving as central to the claims that
Somatics makes concerning its efficacy and legitimacy.
Standardization is one of the defining aspects of modern life, its
presence so pervasive that it is usually taken for granted. However
cumbersome, onerous, or simply puzzling certain standards may be,
their fundamental purpose in streamlining procedures, regulating
behaviors, and predicting results is rarely questioned. Indeed, the
invisibility of infrastructure and the imperative of standardizing
processes signify their absolute necessity. Increasingly, however,
social scientists are beginning to examine the origins and effects
of the standards that underpin the technology and practices of
everyday life.Standards and Their Stories explores how we interact
with the network of standards that shape our lives in ways both
obvious and invisible. The main chapters analyze standardization in
biomedical research, government bureaucracies, the insurance
industry, labor markets, and computer technology, providing
detailed accounts of the invention of "standard humans" for medical
testing and life insurance actuarial tables, the imposition of
chronological age as a biographical determinant, the accepted means
of determining labor productivity, the creation of international
standards for the preservation and access of metadata, and the
global consequences of "ASCII imperialism" and the use of English
as the lingua franca of the Internet.Accompanying these in-depth
critiques are a series of examples that depict an almost infinite
variety of standards, from the controversies surrounding the
European Union's supposed regulation of banana curvature to the
minimum health requirements for immigrants at Ellis Island,
conflicting (and ever-increasing) food portion sizes, and the
impact of standardized punishment metrics like "Three Strikes"
laws. The volume begins with a pioneering essay from Susan Leigh
Star and Martha Lampland on the nature of standards in everyday
life that brings together strands from the several fields
represented in the book. In an appendix, the editors provide a
guide for teaching courses in this emerging interdisciplinary
field, which they term "infrastructure studies," making Standards
and Their Stories ideal for scholars, students, and those curious
about why coffins are becoming wider, for instance, or why the
Financial Accounting Standards Board refused to classify September
11 as an "extraordinary" event.
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