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Making work visible : ethnographically grounded case studies of work practice / [edited by] Margaret H. Szymanski, Jack Whalen.

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Full title

Making work visible : ethnographically grounded case studies of work practice / [edited by] Margaret H. Szymanski, Jack Whalen.

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Date

2011.

Call Numbers

N331.256/10

Record Identifier

74Vvmp5prpJy

MMS ID

991006429549702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xxvii, 374 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Introduction Margaret H. Szymanski and Jack Whalen; Part I. Work Practice Study in Historical Context: 1. Work practice and technology: a retrospective Lucy Suchman; 2. Engineering investigations: what is made visible in making work visible? Wes Sharrock and Graham B...

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2011.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"In the 1970s, Xerox pioneered the involvement of social science researchers in technology design and in developing better ways of working. The Xerox legacy is a hybrid methodology that combines an ethnographic interest in direct observation in settings of interest with an ethnomethodological concern to make the study of interactional work an empir...

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Full title

Making work visible : ethnographically grounded case studies of work practice / [edited by] Margaret H. Szymanski, Jack Whalen.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Learning in doing : social, cognitive, and computational perspectives.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-371) and index.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N331.256/10

Record Identifier

74Vvmp5prpJy

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvmp5prpJy

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ISBN

0521176654 (paperback)

9780521190725 (hardback)

052119072X (hardback)

9780521176651 (paperback)

DDC

331.256

MMS ID

991006429549702626

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