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Reading Discussion 06 – June 10, 2020
Topics to Discuss Case study Design as “Minority discipline” Research design had designer co-interpret their own work process KM analysis by TOOLS vs METHODS Tools – visual sharing Methods – narrative sharing Sharing knowledge before and after a client pitch Grounded Theory Just go through highlighted topics Focus on categorization example – perception of self […]
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Chapter 8: Grounding Categories
Dey, I. (2009). Grounding Categories. The SAGE Handbook of Grounded Theory, 166-190. doi:10.4135/9781848607941.n8 PART 3: Grounded Theory in Practice By Ian Dey June 9, 2020 This chapter is about how coding contributes to the grounding of categories. Dey does not believe in outlining how to develop grounded categories as a procedure – it must be […]
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Design as a Minority Discipline in a Software Company
Muller, Michael J., and Kenneth Carey. “Design as a Minority Discipline in a Software Company.” Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Changing Our World, Changing Ourselves – CHI 02, vol. 4, no. 2, 2002, pp. 383–390., doi:10.1145/503376.503445. Michael J. Muller, Kenneth Carey – IBM Research June 4, 2020 Abstract “Designers […]
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Chapter 7: Orthodoxy vs. Power: The Defining Traits of Grounded Theory
Hood, J. C. (2009). Orthodoxy vs. Power: The Defining Traits of Grounded Theory. The SAGE Handbook of Grounded Theory, 151-164. doi:10.4135/9781848607941.n7 By Jane C. Hood June 1, 2020 Power of GT method is lost when it is not done rigorously; else, it is just “generic inductive qualitative model” (GIQM) (152) – should I be feeling […]
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Reading Discussion 05 – May 20, 2020
Topics for discussion Grounded theory methods; what is FORMAL Defining “community Case study – Critique in online environment Things we discussed Network theory in the case study I shared is still quite immature as a framework to use for my study Malcom Gladwell; tipping point Connectors, salesmen, maven Isomorphic change Practices from company vs. grassroots
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Chapter 6: From the Sublime to the Meticulous: The Continuing Evolution of Grounded Formal Theory
Kearney, M. H. (2009). From the Sublime to the Meticulous: The Continuing Evolution of Grounded Formal Theory. The SAGE Handbook of Grounded Theory, 127-150. doi:10.4135/9781848607941.n6 By Margaret H. Kearney Kearney raises questions I’ve asked in my mind, “what degree of abstraction is appropriate in a postmodern age?” (127) The uses of theories and satisfactions of […]
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Supporting Distributed Critique through Interpretation and Sense-Making in an Online Creative Community
Kou, Yubo, and Colin M. Gray. “Supporting Distributed Critique through Interpretation and Sense-Making in an Online Creative Community.” Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Dec. 2017, doi:10.1145/3134695. Yubo Kou and Colin M. Gray, Purdue University May 17, 2020 Introduction This paper will help me understand how online critique is done on public platform Critique […]
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Reading Discussion 04 – May 13, 2020
Something to note (from INF2240); collaborative tools like Figma are taking away agency of work from designers Collaborative (and especially web based) software act as platforms of design surveillance; by working within this virtual space hosted by Figma, who really owns the work? Best practice guidelines, blogs, etc. are agents of surveillance that control the […]
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Chapter 6: Cultivating network analysis: Rethinking the concept of ‘community’ within ‘communities of practice’
Jewson, N. (2007). Chapter 6: Cultivating network analysis: Rethinking the concept of ‘community’ within ‘communities of practice.’ In Communities of Practice: Critical Perspectives (pp. 68–82). Abingdon: Routledge. By Nick Jewson May 11, 2020 Strengths and Weaknesses Lave and Wenger contributed to academic studies in management by situating “learning within and through active engagement in processes of negotiation, […]
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Community of practice or practices of a community?
Gherardi, S. (2009). Community of practice or practices of a community?. In S. J. Armstrong & C. V. Fukami The SAGE handbook of management learning, education and development (pp. 514-530). London: SAGE Publications Ltd doi: 10.4135/9780857021038.n27 May 9, 2020 By S. Gherardi Introduction CoP originally set out for “community [to] replace the individual as the learning subject […]
