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Design is about the direct involvement of people in the co-design of the technologies they use …

In their initial articulation of the direction of the CSCW field, scholars advanced an open-
ended agenda. This continuing commitment to open-ness to different contexts and …

In this article we focus attention on ethnography's place in CSCW by reflecting on how
ethnography in the context of CSCW has contributed to our understanding of the sociality …

The title of this paper comes from comments made by an 'angry'ethnographer during a
debriefing session. It reflects his frustration with a certain analytic mentality that would have …

The negative effects of interruptions on task performance in modern work environments are
well documented. However, in most time-critical supervisory-level tasks such as emergency …

Distributed cognition provides a theoretical framework for the analysis of data from socio-
technical systems within a problem-solving framework. While the approach has been …

As unemployment figures rise in the developed world, questions regarding the meaning of
“labor” and the intrinsic” value” of work re-emerge. This paper examines labor practices in …

This thesis examines the implementation and effectiveness of Value Engineering in the
United Arab Emirates and is restricted to major building construction projects. The aim of the …

This thesis provides a detailed account of the nomadic lives of a cohort of knowledge
workers and explores the ways in which they are mediated by computer technologies …

Chronic disease is the most important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but the
current standard of care is woefully ineffective. It is paternalistic, episodic, and perversely …