[AISWorld] Pragmatist IS Research at ICIS 2010 CFP deadline Oct 1, 2010

[Mark Aakhus]

A scientific event organized by the AIS Special Interest Group on
Pragmatist IS research
http://www.sigprag.org/

By Request: NEW DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Oct 1 2010

In the IS field there is a growing recognition of the importance of
theorizing the IT artifact and its organizational and societal context
from a pragmatic and action-oriented perspective. Over the years, a
number of events and journal special issues have been devoted to this
topic (e.g. the Language/Action Perspective workshops 1996–2005 and
special issues of CACM and Data and Knowledge Engineering, the
Understanding Sociotechnical Action workshops and special issue of
IJTHI, the ALOIS series of conferences and EJIS special issue, the
Pragmatic Web conference, and the Organizational Semiotics
conferences and books). Several recent contributions are also
recognizing the relevance and importance of pragmatism and pragmatic
approaches to IS research (e.g. Kuo & Yin, 2009; Hevner et al., 2004;
Ågerfalk, 2010; Lee & Nickerson, 2010; Zappavigna & Patrick, 2010).

The aim of SIGPrag is to provide a much-needed centre of gravity and
to facilitate exchange of ideas and further development of this area of IS
scholarship. The first SIGPrag scientific event was held in Paris at ICIS
2008 and a second event was organized in Phoenix at ICIS 2009.
The AIS Special Interest Group on Pragmatist IS Research (SIGPrag)
now invites researchers to contribute papers advancing its central theme:
theorizing the IT artifact and its organizational and societal context
from a pragmatic, design and action-oriented perspective.

SIGPrag 2010 will address pragmatic issues across the full spectrum of
information systems research, including areas such as systems
development, social software, social media, social responsibility,
business in society, business modeling, sustainable development,
digital innovation, and IT in the supply chain. Diverse aspects of
pragmatic theory, pragmatic research, and pragmatic methods are of
special interest and especially their relation to other research
streams such as design science research and action research. How can
pragmatic IS research make a difference in practice and theory?

Submission will undergo peer-review and accepted papers will be
presented at the SIGPrag meeting in conjunction with ICIS 2010 in St.
Louis, MO, USA. The program committee, consisting of selected members
from the SIGPrag advisory board and members of SIGPrag, will perform
the reviews. Those interested should submit their paper through the
Sprouts review system by September 17, 2010 (more details at
www.sigprag.org). Proceedings will be published through Sprouts and
the AIS eLibrary. Submissions should follow the ICIS format
instructions for general revision requirements and use the ICIS
template (see http://icis2010.aisnet.org/revisions.htm). Please
indicate whether the submission is a complete research paper or a
research in progress.

To submit a paper to the workshop, upload an electronic copy of your
paper (including 3-4 key words on the abstract page) to Sprouts:
Working Papers on Information Systems. See information here:

http://sprouts.aisnet.org/home.html

Please note: once you register and set a "user" account, login and go
to "manage deposits" to upload your paper as "new item". In the
submission form, make sure that you designate the paper to
"Proceedings of SIGPrag Workshop" and select "Mikael Lind" as the
Reviewer of your submission.

Prior to submission, please read carefully the authors guide here:
http://sprouts.aisnet.org/authors-guide.html

If you have technical question, please direct them to:
admin at sprouts.aisnet.org

Important dates:

* October 1, 2010: Paper Submission
* October 22, 2010: Notification of acceptance
* November 19, 2010: Final Papers due
* December 12, 2010: SIGPrag meeting at ICIS 2010 in St. Louis, MO

Program co-chairs:

Pär J. Ågerfalk, Uppsala University, Sweden
Rodney Clarke, University of Wollongong, Australia
Jeffrey V. Nickerson, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA

Organizing committee:

Mark Aakhus, Rutgers University, USA
Mikael Lind, Viktoria Institute, Gothenburg, Sweden
Daniel Rudmark, University of Borås, Sweden



Mark Aakhus, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Communication & Information
Rutgers University

www.comminfo.rutgers.edu/~aakhus