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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"boundary object"”.
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Developing a boundary object model to analyze communication interfaces : applications for system integrators
… of artifacts at these interfaces by means of a boundary object attribute model. Boundary objects, the metric of analysis of this thesis, are artifacts used to bridge information and knowledge gaps between different communities of practice. The US Army's Future Combat System (FCS) was chosen as a …
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Envisioning Water: Sustainability and Future-Making in Dubai and Los Angeles
… and effects, I first view sustainability as a “boundary object” (Star and Griesemer) and “technology of imagination” (Pederson et. al). Treating sustainability as a “boundary object” that is shared but viewed differently by actors enables me to hone in on the interests and forces - sometimes …
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Identifying the impact of modeling and simulation in the generation of system level requirements
… to perform more iteration early and M&S use as a boundary object for communication are set forth as the two main benefits of M&S.
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When technology and business collide : sheltering novelty as a source of innovative products
… given pressures at the interaction at the boundary between the intended audience and the representation of novelty by objects with universal comprehensibility. The examination of flows from the transition of novelty to boundary objects suggests that the interactions and organizational …
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Constructing professional knowledge: the Neighborhood Unit concept in the community builders handbook
… the Neighborhood Unit concept’s roles as a boundary object communicating information across professional communities and as a lever of change catalyzing the adoption of new practices, regulations, and ways of thinking. Perry’s Neighborhood Unit concept was a leading idea in urban planning …
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Mobile Phone Adoption in Rural Ghana: Understanding How Technologies and Platforms Influence Farming Business Activities
… the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Boundary Object theory. At the empirical level, it draws on two farming groups in the Kwahu district – a remote area of rural Ghana. For the study, 24 farmers were interviewed, 12 each from Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) farmers groups and …
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Stakeholder collaboration in Air Force acquisition : adaptive design using system representations
… beta software releases that acted as a form of boundary object to facilitate knowledge sharing across organizational boundaries. As programs used system representations to provide higher levels of knowledge sharing, they were found to be more adaptable. System representations were more effective …
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The Co-Construction of Properties in a Machinic-Complex: A study of the Car and Dunlop Pneumatic Tyres 1900-1925
… is also discussed using Star's concept of 'boundary object'. These concepts are supplemented with concepts from the sociology of technology: Pinch and Bijker's notion of 'interpretive flexibility' and Woolgar's notion of 'configuring'. Williams' concept of 'mobile privatisation' is discussed …
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The use of social media on mobile devices to support the co-reading of eTextbooks
A textbook is a boundary object of interest among students within given communities, in some instance, a region or a whole country. Students in such communities have the possibility to engage collaboratively to study and gain a better understanding of similar content together. Collaborative work …
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Mapping the epistemologicaldiversity of Chinese medicine;a Q methodology study
… Chinese medicines using the patient body as a boundary object. Through capturing the richness and complexity of various points of view this research can identify points of both conflict and consensus that can offer directions for future practice, education and particularly clinical research …
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Assessing the implementation efficacy of an ecosystem approach to Fisheries management in the South African sardine fishery
… balancing of multiple, often conflicting objectives, effectively dealing with complexity and uncertainty, and engaging with diverse groups of stakeholders. Various tools within the field of Multi-criteria Decision Analysis provide a formal approach which takes explicit account of multiple …
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Subsurface Digital Twin and Emergence
… the concept of a subsurface digital twin as a boundary object that bridges disciplines, scales, and uncertainties, fostering collaboration and real-time informed decision-making. It explores the evolution of subsurface characterization from data-sparse and theory-dependent practices to a …
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Arguing the Genome: A Topology of the Argumentation Behind the Construction of the Human Genome Project
… used: in particular, the metaphor served as a boundary object to bridge discussions between the scientific and the public arenas. Ultimately the victory in the debate over the establishment of the HGP was awarded to the promulgators of the strongest underlying metaphor--the idealized excitement …
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Making Sense in Nineteenth Century Britain: Affinities of the Philosophy of Mind, c.1820-1860
… of Mind can be viewed as the creation of a boundary-object that itself constituted this distinction in psychological terms.
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Finding ways to engage with a healthy tourism "offer": evaluating potential synergies between wellbeing, public health, and tourism at a local destination.
… concept of wellbeing provides an example of a boundary object which can promote knowledge sharing across boundaries between communities of practice. Eudaimonic and integrated wellbeing theories offer alternative activity pathways to that of mass tourism and the promotion of hedonic wellbeing …
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Obstetric-risk objects: a multi-site, feminist ethnography of private-sector obstetric, maternal and unborn, caring concerns in Cape Town
… Cape Town, South Africa. I consider various risk objects that configure the caring relationships and re/produce risk sensibilities between obstetricians (as the default caregivers in private sector, middle-class childbirth in South Africa), pregnant, and birthing persons, and the unborn. Obstetric …
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Marine spatial planning and the transition to a low carbon economy: a critical evaluation of the UK approach
… a theoretical framework – distinguishing between boundary and pseudo-boundary objects - for examining the dynamic process of multi-community cooperation where there is the expectation of obstructive collaboration. The concept of ‘boundary objects’ has provided a rich framework for analysing …
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Social Interaction, Integration, and Alliances: Yavi-Chicha Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Border Region of Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile, A.D. 1000-1550
… group identity and social integration as a boundary object, which at the regional scale was expressed as socio-political alliances among different communities. I suggest that the development of a new and distinctive ceramic repertoire in the Chicha Region may have been embedded in the new …
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Promoting Inclusive Higher Education in the digital age: Wrapping massive open online courses (MOOCs) for youth from marginalised communities in South Africa
… made in South Africa could serve as effective ‘boundary objects' for students to experience HE. This research aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) specifically in relation to the fourth goal that targets inclusive and quality education and promotes lifelong learning …
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Societal impact, interaction and scientific quality? : Strategic research from participants' perspective
Tiedepolitiikassa on viime vuosina alettu kiinnittää yhä enemmän huomiota tutkimuksen yhteiskunnalliseen vaikuttavuuteen. Monialaista ja monitieteistä vuorovaikutusta, yhteiskunnallista vaikuttavuutta ja haastekeskeisyyttä painottavat tutkimusohjelmat ovat lisääntyneet globaalisti. Strategisen …