The Sociomaterialty of Information Systems: Current Status, Future Directions

Ćećez-Kecmanović, Dubravka; Galliers, Robert D.; Henfridsson, Ola; Newell, Sue; Vidgen, Richard

doi:10.25300/misq/2014/38:3.3

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“…However, we believe that the concept of entanglement, as proposed by Barad [2] and taken up by Orlikowski [3], unfortunately implies the idea of things -for instance, meaning and matter [2] or sociality and materiality [4] -being wrapped or twisted together, which implies that their ontological distinction is still maintained even if their entanglement indeed makes this distinction difficult to make. This language problem has been mentioned by Orlikowski herself [4], but also by Kautz and Jensen [5] as well as Cecez-Kecmanovic [6].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This approach can thus be easily mistaken for a form of radical constructionism. The second issue concerns the ambiguity of expressions such as "the constitutive entanglement of meaning and matter" or expressions such as "material discursive practices", which both authors keep using in their respective work (see also [4][5][6] on this language problem).…”

Section: Sociomateriality: Weak and Strong Versionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Relational Approach to Materiality and Organizing: The Case of a Creative Idea

Martine¹,

Cooren²

2016

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Part 4: Considering Communication and PerformanceInternational audienceIn this paper, we propose to go beyond the notion of entanglement that has been proposed in recent years to fill the so-called gap between “the social” and “the material”, especially in organizational studies. While this notion rightly invites us to reconsider the way we traditionally approach the question of materiality and organizing, we believe that its formulation tends to implicitly reproduce the gap it claims to fill. In contrast, we propose a view according to which sociality and materiality should, in fact, be considered aspects of everything that comes to be and exist. Throughout the analysis of an episode taken from fieldwork devoted to creative teams, we show that things as abstract as ideas, for instance, in order to emerge, exist, and continue to exist, have to materialize themselves in various identifiable beings. While the sociality of an idea is identified through the various relations that make it what it is, we show that its materiality comes from what precisely materializes these relations

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Sociomateriality: Weak and Strong Versionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Relational Approach to Materiality and Organizing: The Case of a Creative Idea

Martine¹,

Cooren²

2016

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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“…Accordingly, they call for more research in the area. Additionally, in line with an increased focus on sociomaterial research (Cecez-Kecmanovic, Galliers, Henfridsson, Newell, & Vidgen, 2010;Kautz & Jensen, 2013;Orlikowski, 2007), we need more researchers and practitioners to apply the sociomaterial perspective in design (Leonardi & Rodriguez-Lluesma, 2012). Designers should create a practice that enables possibilities for experiences rather than trying to predefine and control a design so it fits a plan (Germonprez, Hovorka, & Collopy, 2007;Germonprez, Hovorka, & Gal, 2011;Orlikowski & Hofman, 1997).…”

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Sociomaterial Quasi-objects: From Interface to Experience

Hylving¹

2017

THCI

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Abstract:In this paper, I examine design practices by contrasting the Cartesian view of separation with an ontological perspective and argue for a dynamic, multiple, and entangled world (namely, sociomateriality). In the digital era we live in, sociomateriality helps move design practices forward in order to embrace constant changes and reconfigurations. The word interface manifests a worldview of separation. Researchers typically conceive an interface as belonging to an artifact; that is, the technology, the material. More so, [people] typically considers user interfaces as the layer that separates and connects the technology and the user, which enables interaction. I recognize the limitations of the well-established perspective of interface design and contrast two traditional HCI concepts (namely, usability and context) from a Cartesian versus a sociomaterial perspective. However, to embrace and capitalize on the emergent digital reality, we need a new vocabulary. I introduce helpful concepts that one can use when designing and talking about experiences, and I ground the concepts in a sociomaterial ontological perspective. The concepts and design approach presented in this paper invite and encourage researchers to focus on experiences as sociomaterial entanglements and re-configurations and not as separated social and material entities. By using Michel Serres ' (1980) term quasi-objects, I call attention to the complexity of sociomaterial entanglements that make up experiences and emphasize a holistic and inclusive design approach. In addition, introducing sociomaterial concepts, such as agential cuts and intra-actions, into the human-computer interaction domain invites researchers to think and act in new ways in the era of digitalized experiences. I examine the benefits of the sociomaterial design approach and present practical guidelines on how to approach experiential design with a sociomaterial take.

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“…Social media practice as defined above is used in this paper in order to move away from the two extreme but common scholarly conceptualizations of social media as either 1) a bare technology determining the activity and change of users and organizations or 2) something (undefined) that is socially constructed in the organization [42,43]. Instead, in this study, communicators, citizens and social media, together and in interaction, are conceptualized as equally important actors constituted in the boundary practice.…”

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confidence: 99%

Efforts at the Boundaries: Social Media Use in Swedish Municipalities

Norström

Hattinger

2016

Electronic Participation

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Abstract. Social media is used by the majority of Swedish municipalities. However, the highly interactive features of social media are often not taken advantage of. The study aims to get a better understanding of why social media is not used to its full potential in the municipality. Findings from an interview study with communicators in three Swedish municipalities reveal that the motivation for using social media is often difficult to turn into action. Tensions emerging in the use of social media result in hesitation, uncertainty and a slowing down of work practice. The processes of managing the tensions are characterized by boundary crossing between different communities, such as municipal communicators, elected officials and citizens, with social media itself as an equally important actor. The processes of boundary crossing by the municipal communicators are discussed in terms of learning processes and new emerging competences that might redefine the role of the municipal communicator and hence perhaps the public servant in general.

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The Sociomaterialty of Information Systems: Current Status, Future Directions

Cited by 276 publications

References 115 publications

A Relational Approach to Materiality and Organizing: The Case of a Creative Idea

A Relational Approach to Materiality and Organizing: The Case of a Creative Idea

Sociomaterial Quasi-objects: From Interface to Experience

Efforts at the Boundaries: Social Media Use in Swedish Municipalities

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