Powerpoint slides for today’s lecture are available here. Please take a look at the “notes” section where I have added further explanation including some notes on how to distinguish between “empirical work” and “argumentative essays.”
Assignment 1 has just been posted on the assignments page. A paper copy will be handed out in class on Thursday. The assignment is due February 9th.
For those who are interested:
Take a look at the syllabus and see what kinds of topics and readings are covered in each section. Then go to the Google doc to sign up for a section to be “on call” here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Akeq1wHDHTE5dHE2SFZxNWxIRzZIaTFXMGIxZ2dzV0E&hl=en_US#gid=0
Please read:
1) These two chapters (introduction and chapter 1) from Brown and Duguid, (2000). The Social Life of Information. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press. (*NOT in course reader*)
2) Ackerman, (2000) The Intellectual Challenge of CSCW: The Gap between Social Requirements and Technical Feasibility (*also in course reader*)
3) Winner, (1999) Do Artifacts Have Politics? (*also in course reader*)