Emergent Collaborations Outside of Organizational Frameworks: Exploring Relevant Concepts

Khuloud Abou Amsha, Erik Grönvall, Joanna Saad-Sulonen

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Abstract

The broad notion of communities required a fine-grained vocabulary to investigate how communities interact with digital technologies. We can identify various constructs in the literature, such as temporary groups, coalitions, movements, communities of practice, place, and interest, that can describe different collaborative configurations. Despite the diversity of concepts describing the formation of “collectives”, we still need to understand how the formation of collectives and communities emerges through collaboration. We propose a vocabulary to analyze emergent forms of collaboration and the appropriation of technologies over time. This paper focuses on emergent, spontaneous, or unplanned collaborations facilitated by digital technologies in response to changing circumstances or problems. To frame different types of emergent collaboration, we borrow three concepts from activity theory, urban planning, and educational psychology: knotworking, self-organization, and the formation of publics. The paper examines these concepts in detail and describes their history and how they relate to each other, highlighting their qualities, similarities, and differences. Using these concepts, the paper aims to increase awareness of the complexity of emergent collaboration and its challenges and help designers operate with a more dynamic understanding of collaborative work outside established organizational settings.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelC&T '23: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
Antal sider11
ForlagAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publikationsdato29 maj 2023
Sider163-173
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 29 maj 2023
Begivenhed11th International Conference on Communities and Technologies: HUMANIZATION OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES - Lahti, Finland
Varighed: 29 maj 20232 jun. 2023
Konferencens nummer: 11
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Konference

Konference11th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
Nummer11
Land/OmrådeFinland
ByLahti
Periode29/05/202302/06/2023
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Emneord

  • Emergent Collaboration
  • Digital Technologies
  • Knotworking
  • Self-Organization
  • Formation of Publics

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