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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">A
special issue on “</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">IT Artefact
& practice theorizing – pragmatic perspectives” has been published in Systems, Signs & Actions (<a href="http://www.sysiac.org/"><font color="#0000ff">www.sysiac.org</font></a>).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">Six papers are published
in this </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">special issue (three regular papers and three commentary papers):<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">Kai
Riemer & Robert B. Johnston:<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">What
is IT in use and why does it matter for IS design?<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">“This paper investigates
the notion of the IT artefact and it challenges common conceptions of this. Founded in Heideggerian philosophy, the authors advocate for a holistic ontology instead of a dualist ontology that separates the subject (user) and the object (artefact). IT is seen
as equipment which is co-constituted with a nexus of other equipment, user practices and social identities. The use of (ready-at-hand) equipment is done in an everyday fluent manner by the user, which makes the equipment disappear from its conscious attention.
The main message of this paper is that IT as equipment is a necessary perspective for design in IS. This is grounded through discussions of the user, practice changes and IT acceptance.”<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">Steven
Alter:<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">Is
Work System Theory a Practical Theory of Practice?<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">“This paper extends
Alter’s earlier works on the Work System Method and the Work System Theory. It does so by investigating different conceptions within pragmatism, such as practice theory and practical theory. Specifically the paper investigates Work System Theory in relation
to UML, workpractice theory (of Goldkuhl) and other different practice theories with a sociomaterial orientation. This investigation includes also a comparison with the work of Riemer and Johnston (the first paper in this special issue). The paper discusses
possible extensions and future directions of Work System Theory in relation to these different pragmatic conceptions.”<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">Göran
Goldkuhl:<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">From
ensemble view to ensemble artefact – An inquiry on conceptualisations of the IT artefact<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">“This paper investigates
the notion of an ensemble artefact as proposed by Sein et al (2011) in their description of Action Design Research. The conceptual origin of the ensemble artefact is the ensemble view by Orlikowski & Iacono (2001). The paper investigates the “conceptual journey”
from ensemble view to ensemble artefact and also other IT artefact conceptions by Orlikowski & Iacono. Based on these inquiries an alternative view is articulated: A communication tool view of IT artefacts. This view is compared with the ensemble view, especially
in a design research context. The notion of ensemble artefact is contested, and so is also the suggested use of it as a main conceptual basis in design research.”<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">Sandeep
Purao, Ola Henfridsson, Matti Rossi & Maung Sein:<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">Ensemble
Artifacts: From Viewing to Designing in Action Design Research<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">This
is a response to Goldkuhl’s paper on the conceptual </span><span lang="GA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: GA; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">journey</span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">
from ensemble view to ensemble artefact. The authors argue that the notion of ensemble
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">artifact</i> in ADR is appropriate because it highlights the forward-looking orientation of designing artifacts and stresses the importance of the context for the evolution and use of the resulting artifact. This is in
contrast to the retrospective orientation of the ensemble <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
view</i> nomenclature from Orlikowski & Iacono (2001) that was used as a basis for the development of ADR.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">Mark S. Silver &
M. Lynne Markus:<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">Conceptualizing
the SocioTechnical (ST) Artifact<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">“This is a response
to Goldkuhl’s paper where he writes about different conceptions of IT artefacts. The authors claim that IT artifacts have both technical and social design features and therefore they should be better regarded as “SocioTechnical artifacts”. They propose that
the study of the ST artifact - consequences connection has potential to be a unifying force in the IS field.”<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">Göran
Goldkuhl:<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">The
IT artefact: An ensemble of the social and the technical? – A rejoinder<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">“This is a response
to the other two commentary papers in the special issue, i.e. those authored by Purao et al and Silver and Markus. As one step in a further conceptualising of the IT artefact, the notion of an artefact is investigated. This is used as a basis to further clarify
the social (and technical) character of the IT artefact and the consequences of this view for the design of such artefacts and their use contexts.”<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">Go to
</font><a href="http://www.sysiac.org/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">www.sysiac.org</font></a><font size="3"> to download the papers!<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><font size="3">Göran Goldkuhl & Brian
Donnellan<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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