Open AccessPractice theory and work task performance: How are they related and how can they contribute to a study of information practices
Author(s) -
Byström Katriina,
Lloyd Annemareé
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.14504901252
Subject(s) - dialogical self , task (project management) , embodied cognition , frame (networking) , work (physics) , computer science , knowledge management , practice theory , task analysis , management science , human–computer interaction , epistemology , sociology , psychology , social psychology , artificial intelligence , engineering , social science , mechanical engineering , telecommunications , philosophy , systems engineering
Our aim is to introduce an emerging understanding of how practice theory can be used to frame the analysis of (work) task‐based research. This analytical work is tentative, but has the capacity of furthering task‐based research by addressing the dialogical relationships and embodied performances that constitute practice. We argue that analyses of task as a constitute element of practice can contribute to a rich discussion of knowledge construction in information studies.