Information Systems History: What is History? What is is History? What is History? … and Why Even Bother with History?

Abstract

Prologue and preambleThe views of Collingwood can be summarized as follows. The philosophy of history is concerned neither with 'the past by itself ' nor with 'the historian's thought about it by itself ', but with 'the two things in their mutual relations'. (This dictum reflects the two current meanings of the word 'history' -the inquiry conducted by the historian and the series of past events into which he inquires.) Carr (1961: 11)

Twenty years of the European information systems academy at ECIS: emergent trends and research topics

“…While our interpretation may turn out to be misplaced (Bryant et al, 2013), we argue that it will nonetheless be relevant in shaping future understanding of European IS research.…”

“…In addition to the AIS History Website, the Journal of Information Technology has published two special issues on history in IS (Volume 28, Issues 1 and 2), with the stated view that a joint understanding of the field's history can help form a shared vision and identity for the field (Bryant et al, 2013). This paper therefore represents one among the growing number of efforts (e.g., Hirschheim & Klein 2011; in this line of historical and longitudinal study focusing, as it does, on the past, present and potential futures of IS research in Europe.…”

“…Unlike retrospective sense-making activities, contemporaneous accounts can provide insights into what were believed to be dominant contextual factors at the time the accounts were recorded, even if these beliefs later turn out to be misplaced (Bryant et al, 2013). Thus, whilst there might be limited novelty in some of the patterns observed, research interests wax and wain over time, as do centres of research excellence.…”

Formação, Disseminação e Colaboração: Internacionalização em Administração de Sistemas de Informação

“…O campo acadêmico de Administração de Sistemas de Informação tem origem na década de 60, oriundo da interdisciplinaridade de diferentes áreas de estudo, tais como ciência da computação, operações, contabilidade e estudos organizacionais/administração (Benbasat & Zmud, 2003;Bryant, Black, Land, & Porra, 2013;Hirschheim & Klein, 2012;Zhang, 2015), e da necessidade de atender às atividades práticas nas organizações, ao abastecê-las com novos conhecimentos para utilização da Tecnologia de Informação (TI) em suas estruturas (Gannon, 2013;King & Lyytinen, 2006 (Freitas, Becker, Martens, & Marcolin, 2014). Mas apesar dos aspectos identificados neste estudo, e mesmo em outros anteriores realizados também no Brasil Graeml, Macadar, Guarido, & Rossoni, 2010;Hoppen & Meirelles, 2005;Rodrigues & Ludmer, 2005;Rossoni & Hocayen-da-Silva, 2009), não foram localizados na literatura acadêmica artigos que relatassem a respeito do processo de internacionalização de pesquisadores brasileiros de ADI, demonstrando ser uma temática oportuna para investigação.…”

Editorial: The History and Philosophy Department

“…The perspective of IS history in this department continues the efforts of the Association for Information System (AIS) historian Ping Zhang to accomplish the goals of the IS history initiative: 1) to collect, represent, and preserve the IS field's history; 2) to interpret, write, disseminate, and review the IS field's history; and 3) to discover/identify IS genealogy, roots, sources, and facets that deserve to be examined from a historical point of view (Zhang, 2015(Zhang, , 2016. These goals, together with several other recent deliberations on the importance of focusing on IS history (Bryant, Black, Land, & Porra, 2013;Hirschheim & Klein, 2011Hirschheim, Saunders, & Straub, 2012;Land, 2010Land, , 2015Straub, 2015), emphasize the sense of urgency for the field to engage in this effort. The perspective of IS philosophy has also captured the attention of IS researchers, which one can see from the numerous highly cited papers in top IS journals that focus on the foundations, progress, and future of the IS field.…”