The paper presents an empirical study of user involvement in developing a technical
standard for a scientific community's information system project. The case illustrates how …

'Infrastructuring'as a concept draws attention to the way in which a designed artefact or
system is not the end of the development process. Rather, technology development takes …

In the course of the last century or two, large-scale technical structures such as water and
sewer systems, railways, electrical telegraph systems, administrative archives, electrical …

This paper explores data practices in a Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) setting. It
describes a number of salient data characteristics that are specific to the LTER program and …

We address the design issue of mundane and strategic work in collaborative design. We do
so through an examination of a series of participatory design activities in building a flagship …

This paper describes how the contemporary technology innovation ecology is hostile to
community-driven design. These hostilities are important to understand if we want to …

Tämän artikkelipohjaisen väitöskirjan tutkimuskohteena on Helsingin keskustakirjasto Oodin
yhteissuunnittelu ja sen tarkastelu osana laajempaa julkisen sektorin uudistumista …

The article focuses on stories and storytelling practices as explanatory resources in
standardization processes. It draws upon an ethnographic study of the development of a …

As part of its work over the last five years, the Communicative Figurations research network
developed a research programme on investigating Transforming Communications; that is …

What actually happens inside genetic databases, how do they work upon data and who
does this work? While they have become central tools for doing science, not much is known …