Co-realisation: Towards a principled synthesis of ethnomethodology and participatory design

Authors

Mark Hartswood, University of EdinburghFollow
Rob Procter, University of EdinburghFollow
Roger Slack, University of EdinburghFollow
Alex Vob, University of EdinburghFollow
Monika Buscher, Lancaster UniversityFollow
Mark Rouncefield, CSCW Research Centre, Lancaster UniversityFollow
Philippe Rouchy, Blekinge Institute of TechnologyFollow

Abstract

This paper calls for a re-specification of IT systems design and development practice as corealisation. Co-realisation is an orientation to technology production that develops out of a principled synthesis of ethnomethodology and participatory design. It moves the locus of design and development activities into workplace settings where technologies will be used. Through examples drawn from case studies of IT projects, we show how co-realisation, with its stress on design-in-use and the longitudinal involvement by IT professionals in the ‘lived work’ of users, helps to create uniquely adequate, accountable solutions to the problems of IT-organisational integration.

Recommended Citation

Hartswood, Mark; Procter, Rob; Slack, Roger; Vob, Alex; Buscher, Monika; Rouncefield, Mark; and Rouchy, Philippe (2002) "Co-realisation: Towards a principled synthesis of ethnomethodology and participatory design," Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems: Vol. 14: Iss. 2, Article 2.
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