CHI
2011
ACM
13 years 3 months ago
2011
ACM
The field of HCI is growing, not only in the variety of application areas or the volume of research conducted, but also in the number of analytical approaches for use in the evalu...
SAC
2002
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2002
ACM
In this paper the issue of system evolution is addressed. Activity Theory and the concept of exapansive cycles are reviewed as theories to explain systemic evolution. Contradictio...
ETS
2002
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2002
IEEE
In this concluding synthesis article, I summarize and discuss the papers that comprise both parts of this special issues. Two organizing frameworks are provided to facilitate read...
CSCW
2002
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2002
ACM
A coalition is a collaborative pattern in which people must work together to accomplish a task, but where organizational constraints stand in the way of their making use of the co...
CSCW
2002
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2002
ACM
Activity theory is based on the concept of tools mediating between subjects and objects. In this theory, an individual's creative interaction with his or her surroundings can ...
CSCW
1998
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
1998
ACM
CSCW seems to have a persistent problem of understanding the nature of “cooperative work”. This paper argues that this problem is a direct result of not looking at the dynamic...
WER
1999
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
1999
Springer
In this article we defend the idea that social aspects have strong influence in the software requirements elicitation (Goguen 1993), which drive us to find help in the social scien...
CAEPIA
2003
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2003
Springer
The development of software systems is a complex task that requires support techniques to guide the process and solve inconsistencies in its . In the agent paradigm, the use of soc...
ICWL
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2004
Springer
Abstract. This paper calls on activity theory as tool for analyzing Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN) to achieve a better understanding of their dynamics. This paper makes some ...
IBERAMIA
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2004
Springer
Many approaches of the agent paradigm emphasize the social and intentional features of their systems, what are called social properties. The study of these aspects demands their ow...