Reading list

Some links to digital copies requires being on the university network (vpn.uio.no is an easy way to achieve that)

This list should now be complete, but still lacking indigital copies.

What is IS theory?

• J. Iivari, K. Lyytinen (1998): Research on Information Systems Development in Scandinavia - Unity in Plurality, SJIS vol 10 Issue 1-2, pp 135-186 (Full text)

• John Van Maanen Style as theory. Organization Science, 6, 1, 1995, 132-144. (Full text)
• John Van Maanen, Confessional Tales, in Tales of the field: On writing ethnography, University Of Chicago Press, 1988. (Full text)
• John Van Maanen, Some Notes on the Importance of Writing in Organization Studies, in J.I. Cash and P. Lawrence (eds.), The Information Systems Research Challenge: Qualitative Research Methods, Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1989, 27-33. (Full text)

• Wanda Orlikowski and Suzanne Iacono: Research Commentary: Desperately seeking the "IT"in IT Research - A Call to Theorizing the IT Artifact. (Full text)
• Eric Monteiro and Ole Hanseth: Social shaping of information infrastructure: on being specific about the technology. In Orlikowski, Wanda J., Geoff Walsham, Matthew R. Jones and Janice I DeGross. Information Technology and Changes in Organizational Work. Chapman & Hall, 1995, p.325 - 343. (Full text)

Debate on Agency

Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, VOLUME 17, No. 1 (2005). (Issue page)

• Jeremy Rose, Matthew Jones, Duane Truex: Socio-Theoretic Accounts of IS: The Problem of Agency. (Full text)
• Geoff Walsham: Agency Theory: Integration or a Thousand Flowers? (Full text)
• Ole Hanseth: Beyond Metaphysics and Theory Consumerism: A comment to Rose, Jones, and Truex "Socio-Theoretic Accounts of IS: The Problem of Agency" (Full text)
• Jonny Holmström: Theorizing in IS Research: What Came Before and What Comes Next? (Full text)
• Tom McMaster, David Wastell: The Agency of Hybrids: Overcoming the Symmetrophobic Block (Full text)
• Wanda J. Orlikowski: Material Works: Exploring the Situated Entanglement of Technological Performativity and Human Agency (Full text)
• Jeremy Rose, Matthew Jones, Duane Truex: The Problem of Agency Re-visited (Full text)

Theorizing technology

• Langdon Winner: Autonomous Technology, MIT Press, 1977. Introduction only (Full text)
• Barley, S.R. “Technology as an Occasion for Structuring: Evidence from Observations of CT Scanners and the Social Order of Radiology Departments“ Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Mar., 1986), pp. 78-108 (Paper)
• Robey and Bodreau “Accounting for the Contradictory Organizational Consequences of Information Technology: Theoretical Directions and Methodological Implications” Information Systems Research Vol 10, No. 2, June 1999 (Full text)
• Orlikowsky and Robey “Information Technology and the Structuring of Organizations” Information Systems Research 2:2, 1991 (Paper)
• Bruno Latour “Chapter 2: Circulating references”, in Pandora’s Hope, Harvard University Press 1999, pp. 24-79 (Full text - large)

Recommended

• Bruno Latour “A Collective on Humans and Nonhumans”, Chapter 6 from Pandora’s Hope page 174-215 (Full text)

Theorizing Institutions

• Douglass North “Institutions, institutional change and economic performance” Chapters 1 & 3 (Paper) - Karthik
• Gianluca Miscione “Telemedicine in the Upper Amazon: Interplay with Local Health Care Practices” MISQ special issue on Information Systems in Developing Countries, June 2007 (Full text) - Guri
• Piotti, Chilundo, Sahay An Institutional Perspective on Health Sector Reform and the process of reframing health information systems: Case Studies from Mozambique (Full text) 
• DiMaggio Iron cage revisited (Full text) - Saptarshi
• Thornton and Ocasio “Institutional Logics” in SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism, Greenwood, Oliver, Sahlin, Suddaby (eds), 2008, Sage publications (Full text)
• M. Tina Dacin and Peter A. Dacin “Traditions as Institutionalized Practice: Implications for Deinstitionalization”, in SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism, Greenwood, Oliver, Sahlin, Suddaby (eds), 2008, Sage publications, pp. 327-351. (Draft, paper)

Theorizing Complexity

• Lucy Suchman: Human and Machine Reconfigurations: Plans and Situated Actions. Cambridge University Press. 2007 INTRODUCTION (Paper) - Elise
• Sahay, Monteiro and Aanestad “Configurable politics: trying to integrate health information systems in developing countries”, Journal of the Association for Information Systems Vol. 10 Special Issue pp. 399-414, May 2009 (Full text) - Sabita
• Hanseth “Complexity and risk” Chapter 4 in Hanseth and Ciborra “Risk, Complexity, and ICT”, Elgar Publishing 2007 (Full text) - Karthik
• Osei-Joehene and Ciborra “The duality of risk and the evolution of danger in global ICT integration” Chapter 8 in Hanseth and Ciborra “Risk, Complexity, and ICT”, Elgar Publishing 2007 (Full text) - Guri

Recommended:

• Information Technology & People Special Issue: Complexity and IT design and evolution
• John Urry: Global Complexities, Chapter 7, Polity 2003 (Full text, References) - Jo
• Charles Perrow: Normal Accidents Theory (Paper)

Theorizing knowledge

In preparation for the session, look at these pages: Knowledge, Traditional knowledge, Wikipedia

During the morning session Maja will present one of her papers (work in progress - do not redistribute) and we will take Wikipedia as an example to theorise and discuss knowledge.

For the discussion, the proposal is to theorize knowledge in the context of our own PhD project, using one or more papers from the literature on knowledge.

• Lam “Tacit Knowledge, Organizational Learning and Societal Institutions: An Integrated Framework” Organization Studies 2000, 21/3 (Full text)
• Tsoukas, Haridimos (2002). Do we really understand tacit knowledge? (Full text, author presentation)
• Schultze, Ulrike and Dorothy E. Leidner (2002). Studying Knowledge Management in Information Systems Research: Discourses and Theoretical Assumptions. MIS Quarterly Vol. 26 No. 3, pp. 213-242/September 2002 (Full text)
• Haraway, Donna (1988). Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective. Feminist Studies, Vol. 14, No. 3. (Autumn, 1988), pp. 575-599. (Full text)
• Timmermans, S. and Berg, M. 1997. Standardization in Action: Achieving Local Universality through Medical Protocols. Social Studies of Science 27, p. 273-305. (Full text)
• Puri, Constructing Knowledge Alliances for Land Management, MISQ special issue 2007 (Full text)
• Nicholson, B. & Sahay, S 2004, 'Embedded knowledge and offshore software development', Information and Organization, vol. 14(4), pp. 329-365. (Full text)

 Theorizing development and globalization

• Castells “Globalization and Identity in the Network Society” Prometheus 04 (Paper)
• Sen “Development as Freedom” Introduction and Chapter 1 (Full text)
• Escobar “Encountering Development” Chapters 1 & 2  (Still missing :( )
• Walsham and Sahay: Research on information systems in developing countries: current landscape and future prospects (Full text) 
• Walsham, Robey, Sahay – MISQ special issue introduction (Full text)

Theorizing design

Aim

Provide an overview of important approaches to theorizing design in information systems research, particularly in the Scandinavian research on IS. As extra readings we have listed some of the papers first introducing a perspective, and we have included a recent debate about design science from the Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems.

Core readings

• Jørgen Bansler (1989) System development research in Scandinavia, Scandinavian journal of information systems vol 1 pp 3-20 (Full text)
• Andersen, Niels Erik; Finn Kensing; Monika Lassen; Jytte Lundin; Lars Mathiassen; Andreas Munk-Madsen & Pål Sørgaard (1990): Professional Systems Development – Experiences, Ideas, and Action, Prentice-Hall. Chapter 3 (Need english version..)
• Winograd, Terry (ed, 1996): Bringing design to software, New York: Addison-Wesley. Chapter 1: Introduction (Full text)
• Bratteteig, T. & Stolterman, E. (1997). Design in groups—and all that jazz, In Kyng & Mathiassen (eds) Computers and Design in Context. (pp. 289-316).Cambridge and London: MIT Press. (Full text)
• Pelle Ehn (1989) The art and science of designing computer artifacts, Scandinavian journal of information system vol 1 pp 21-42 (Full text) 
• Jonas Löwgren (1995). Applying design methodology to software development. Proc. Symp. Designing Interactive Systems (DIS ’95), pp. 87–95. New York: ACM Press (Full text)
• Kari Kuutti (2009): HCI and design – uncomfortable bedfellows?, in Binder, Löwgren, Malmborg (eds): (Re)searching the Digital Bauhaus, Springer Verlag (Full text, book)
• Lucy Suchman (2002): Located accountabilities in technology production, Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, Volume 14 , Issue 2, Pages: 91 – 105 (Full text)

Extra readings

• Erik Stolterman (1991) How system designers think about design and methods, Scandinavian journal of information systems vol 3 pp 137-150 (Full text)
• Lars Mathiassen (1998): Reflective Systems Development Scandinavian journal of information systems vol 10 Issue 1-2, pp 67-117 (Full text)
• Erik Stolterman (2008) The Nature of Design Practice and Implications for Interaction Design Research, International Journal of Design Vol.2 No.1 2008 (Full text)
• Juhani Iivari (2007): A Paradigmatic Analysis of Information Systems As a Design Science, Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, Volume 19 Issue 2 , Pages: 39-64 (Full text)
• Tone Bratteteig (2007) Design Research in Informatics: A response to Iivari, Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, Volume 19 Issue 2 , Pages: 65-74 (Full text)
• Lanzara, G.F. (1983): The Design Process: Frames, Metaphors and Games, Briefs et al (eds): Systems Design For, With and By the User, North-Holland, Amsterdam (Missing)
• Schön, D. (1987): Educating the reflective practitioner, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco (Missing, review)
• Wagner, I; T. Bratteteig & D. Stuedahl (eds, forthcoming 2010): Exploring Digital Design, Springer Verlag, chapter 2: Research Practices in Digital Design (Missing)
• Bratteteig, T. (2004): Making Change. Dealing with relations between design and use, Dr. Philos dissertation, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo. Chapter 8 and 9. (Full text) 
   

Theorizing use (use as work)

Aim

Present some important approaches to theorizing use of information systems and the interplay between the machine and the human (organization, work). We introduce the perspective that use is seen as work, and list some papers that apply this perspective. The extra readings include examples, some classic papers and a couple of papers discussing how understanding of use play a role in design.

Core readings

• Gasser, L.: The integration of computing and routine work, 1986. ACM; ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS), Volume 4 Issue 3. (ACM)
• Kari Thoresen (1997): Simple, but cumbersome, Proceedings of the 2nd conference on Designing interactive systems: processes, practices, methods, and techniques, 385 – 394 (ACM)
• Schmidt, K. & L. Bannon: Taking CSCW Seriously. Supporting Articulation Work, 1992. Computer Supported Cooperative Work: The Journal of Collaborative Computing, vol. 1 no. 1, pp. 7-40. (Full text)
• Wanda J. Orlikowski (2007): Sociomaterial Practices: Exploring Technology at Work, Organization Studies, Vol. 28, No. 9, 1435-1448 (Full text)
• Balka, Ellen, Wagner, Ina and Bruun Jensen, Casper (2005) Reconfiguring Critical Computing in an Era of Configurability. In O. W. Bertelsen, N. O. Bouvin, P. G. Krogh & M. Kyng (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th decennial conference on Critical computing: between sense and sensibility, Aarhus, Denmark (pp. 19-28). New York: ACM Press. (Full text)
• Schmidt, K., & Wagner, I. (2004). Ordering systems. Coordinating practices and artefacts in architectural design and planning. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 13(5-6), 349-408. (Full text)
• Ciborra, C. U. (1996) Introduction: What does Groupware Mean for the Organizations Hosting it?, 1996. Ciborra (red): Groupware & Teamwork. Invisible Aid or Technical Hindrance, Wiley, pp. 1-19 (Full text)

Extra readings

• Suchman, L., & Wynn, E. (1984). Procedures and problems in the office. Office: Technology and People, 2, 2, 133-154. (Full text)
• Anselm Strauss & Susan Leigh Star (1999) Layers of Silence, Arenas of Voice: The Ecology of Visible and Invisible Work, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Volume 8 , Issue 1-2, Pages: 9 - 30 DOI 10.1023/A:1008651105359 (Full text)
• Star, S. L. and Griesemer, J., 'Institutional Ecology, "Translations" and Coherence" Amateurs and Professionals in Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 1907-1939', Social Studies of Science, 19, 387-420, 1989. (Full text)
• Newman, Susan (1998): Here, There, and Nowhere at All: Distribution, Negotiation, and Virtuality in Postmodern Ethnography and Engineering, pp. 235-267 in Knowledge and Society, Vol. 11
• John Bowers (1994) The work to make a network work: studying CSCW in action, Proceedings of the 1994 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work, Pages: 287 – 298 (ACM)
• Bjerknes, G. & T. Bratteteig (1987): Florence in Wonderland. System Development with Nurses, Bjerknes, G.; P. Ehn & M. Kyng (eds): Computers and Democracy. A Scandinavian Challenge, Avebury, Aldershot. (Full text)
• Plowman, Lydia; Richard Harper and Yvonne Rogers (1995): What are Workplace Studies For? In Proceedings of ECSCW’95, pp 309-324. (Full text)
• Woolgar, S. 'Configuring the User: The Case of Usability Trials', in A Sociology of Monsters: Essays on Power, Technology and Domination, Law, J. (ed), Sociological Review Monograph 38, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1991. (Tone)
• Brown, J.S. & Duguid, P. (1994) Borderline Issues: Social And Material Aspects Of Design. Human-Computer Interaction 9: 3-36 (Full text)
• Bowker & Star: Sorting things out (Web access)
• Bratteteig, T. (2004): Making Change. Dealing with relations between design and use, Dr. Philos dissertation, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Chapter 6 and 7. (Full text)
   

Theorizing participatory design and power

Aim

Provide knowledge about the basic ideas and principles of participatory design and how the Scandinavian PD researchers frame PD and participation. The core readings include both some classic papers that locate PD in a history and as a research field and some newer PD discussions. The extra readings include examples of PD papers + how PD relates to other similar design perspectives.

Core readings

• Kristen Nygaard (1996): "Those Were the Days"? Or "Heroic Times Are Here Again"? Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems Vol 8 Issue 2, pp 91-108 (Full text)
• Binder, Thomas, Brandt, Eva and Gregory, Judith (2008) 'Design participation(-s)', CoDesign, 4: 1, 1 — 3 (editorial) (DOI)
• Bjerknes, G. & Bratteteig, T. (1995): User Participation and Democracy. A Discussion of Scandinavian Research on System Development, Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, vol 7 no 1, 1995, pp. 73-97 (Full text)
• Brereton, Margot and Buur, Jacob (2008) 'New challenges for design participation in the era of ubiquitous computing', CoDesign, 4: 2, 101 — 113, DOI: 10.1080/15710880802098099 (DOI)
• Ehn, Pelle (1993): Scandinavian design: On participation and skill, Schuler, Doug & Aki Namioka (eds): Participatory design: Principles and practices, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc.: 41-77 (Full text, Google books)
• Greenbaum, Joan (1993): A Design of One' Own: Towards Participatory Design in the United States, Schuler; Dough & Aki Namioka (eds): Participatory Design. Principles and Practices, Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc.: 27-37 (Full text, Google books)
• Sisse Finken (2003) Discursive conditions of knowledge production within cooperative design, Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, Volume 15 , Pages: 57-72 (Full text)
• Pirjo Elovaara, Faraja Teddy Igira and Christina Mörtberg (2006) Whose Participation? Whose Knowledge? – Exploring PD in Tanzania-Zanzibar and Sweden, in Proceedings Participatory Design Conference, Aug. 2006, Trento, Italy, pp 105-114. (ACM)
• Sanders, E. B-N., & Stappers, P.J. (2008) Co-creation and the new landscapes of design, CoDesign 4 (1): 5-18 (Full text)

Extra readings

• Bjerknes, G. & T. Bratteteig (1988): The memoirs of two survivors – or evaluation of a computer system for cooperative work, Proceedings for The Second CSCW, ACM, September 26-28 1988, Portland, Oregon. (ACM)
• Morten Kyng (1998): Users and computers: A contextual approach to design of computer artifacts, Scandinavian journal of information systems, vol 10 Issue 1-2, pp. 7-44 (Full text)
• Eevi Beck (2002): P for Political, Scandinavian journal of information systems, vol 14, pp. 77-92 (Full text)
• John Bowers and James Pycock (1994): Talking through design: requirements and resistance in cooperative prototyping, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems: celebrating interdependence, Pages: 299 - 305 (ACM)
• Hornecker, E., Halloran, J., Fitzpatrick, G., Weal, M., Millard, D., Michaelides, D., Cruickshank, D. & De Roure, D. (2006) UbiComp in opportunity spaces: challenges for participatory design. Participatory Design Conference PDC'06: 47-56. (Full text)
• Gerhard Fischer and Elisa Giaccardi (2006) Meta-Design: A Framework for the Future of End-User Development, In Lieberman, H., Paternò, F., Wulf, V. (Eds) (2004) End User Development - Empowering People to Flexibly Employ Advanced Information and Communication Technology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (Full text)
• Wagner, I; T. Bratteteig & D. Stuedahl (eds, forthcoming 2010): Exploring Digital Design, Springer Verlag, chapter 4: Methods That Matter in Digital Design Research (Not available yet, ask Tone)
• Bratteteig, T. (2004): Making Change. Dealing with relations between design and use, Dr. Philos dissertation, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Chapter 2. (Full text)