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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">IT Artefact Design & Workpractice Improvement is an international
workshop taking place in Tilburg, the Netherlands on June 5, 2013 (preceding ECIS-2013).
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">The workshop brings together scholars interested in pragmatic
approaches in IS, which include:<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Pragmatic research approaches such as action research and design research<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Action and practice views on the IT artefact and work contexts<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">The program<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">The following papers will be presented at the workshop:
<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">A pragmatic discussion of scientific design science practice:
new science wrapped in old science?, Richard Baskerville, USA & Jan Pries-Heje, Denmark<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">What is a ‘wicked problem’ for IS research?, Rob Gleasure, Ireland<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Action research vs. design research: Using practice research
as a lens for comparison and integration, Göran Goldkuhl, Sweden<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Pragmatic dilemmas in action research - Doing action research
with or without the approval of top management?, Stefan Holgersson & Ulf Melin, Sweden<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Improving communication and collaboration in social innovation
projects - a pragmatic research agenda, Hans Weigand & Aldo de Moor, the Netherlands<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Paradigmatic and Syntagmatic Views of Developer Workpractices,
Rodney J. Clarke, Australia<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Action Design Research: Expanding the scope, Stefan Cronholm
& Hannes Göbel, Sweden<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">What are the siblings of design science?, Paul Johannesson, Erik
Perjons & Ilia Bider, Sweden<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Symbolic interactionism and the cell information board: challenging
the wisdom of systems, Gabriel Costello & Brian Donnellan, Ireland<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">The equipment nature of ‘the so-called’ IT Artifacts – Holistic
ontology based IS design principles, Nathan Lakew & Katarina Lindblad-Gidlund, Sweden<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Multiple perspectives on development of local health services
supported by Information Technology in a policy and clinical context, Trevor Wood-Harper, Alan Gillies & Nick Harrop, UK<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Architecting social interaction: experiences from e-health design
research in the U-CARE program, Jonas Sjöström & Pär Ågerfalk, Sweden<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Investigating rationality, in concept and use, in a model for
IT maintenance and governance, Jenny Lagsten & Malin Nordström, Sweden<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Registration and workshop
information<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Go to the workshop website:
</font><a href="http://www.vits.org/adwi2013/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">www.vits.org/adwi2013/</font></a><font size="3">
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Organisers<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">AIS Special interest group on Pragmatist IS research (SIG Prag)<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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(SIKS)<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Workshop chairs<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Program
co-chairs<o:p></o:p></font></span></i></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US"><font size="3">Mark Aakhus, Rutgers University, NJ, USA (</font><a href="mailto:aakhus@rci.rutgers.edu"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">aakhus@rci.rutgers.edu</font></a><font size="3">)
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US"><font size="3">Brian Donnellan, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland
(</font><a href="mailto:Brian.Donnellan@nuim.ie"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">Brian.Donnellan@nuim.ie</font></a><font size="3">)
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><font size="3">Göran Goldkuhl, Linköping University, Sweden (</font><a href="mailto:goran.goldkuhl@liu.se"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">goran.goldkuhl@liu.se</font></a><font size="3">)
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chair<o:p></o:p></font></span></i></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Hans Weigand, Tilburg University, the Netherlands (</font><a href="mailto:h.weigand@uvt.nl"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">h.weigand@uvt.nl</font></a><font size="3">)<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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