[AISWorld] SIGPrag @ ICIS Dec 12 2010

[Mark Aakhus]

Below please find the program for SIGPrag2010
(http://www.sigprag.org/). We look forward to seeing those interested
in pragmatist IS research in St. Louis at ICIS
(http://icis2010.aisnet.org/)!

Best,

Prof. Pär J. Ågerfalk (President)
Dr. Mark Aakhus (Secretary)
Dr. Mikael Lind (Treasurer)


2010 AIS SIGPrag Meeting at ICIS in St. Louis, Dec 12, 2010

09:00 – 09.45 Introduction and Foundations of Pragmatist IS Research Discussion
Mark Aakhus, Pär J. Ågerfalk, Mikael Lind

09:45 – 10:45 Paper Session I

Chair: Rodney Clarke

• Nelson King on “A Synthetic Representation of Inter-Organizational
Multi-Actor Collaborative Structures: A Pragmatic Look at U.S.
E-Prescribing”

• Sandra Haraldson on “Understanding Multi-Organizational
Collaboration Using Pragmatic Foundations”

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:15 Paper Session II

Chair: Mikael Lind

• Michel Avital on “Data Matters: An Analysis of Data Practices in IS Research”

• Steven Alter on “Category/Concept Framework for Guiding or Observing
Communication about Systems in Organizations”

12:15 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:30 Invited Session on “Publishing pragmatist research in
top-tier IS journals: Views from the trenches”

Chair: Mark Aakhus

Participants:

• Kalle Lyytinen, former Editor-in-Chief of JAIS
• Owen Erikson, co-author of “Rethinking the Meaning of Identifiers in
Information Infrastructures”, recently published in JAIS

14:30 - 15:30 Paper Session III

Chair: Jeff Nickerson

• Sean Hansen on “Designing Collaborative Infrastructures to Support
Distributed Work”
• Christoph Rosenkranz on “The Emergence of Information Systems: A
Communication-Based Theory”

15:30 - 16:00 Business meeting (with refreshments)

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

www.comminfo.rutgers.edu/~aakhus