TY - GEN
T1 - Sociomateriality and IS identity
AU - Hassan, Nik R.
AU - Hovorka, Dirk S.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Challenges to identifying the information systems (IS) field originate within the community, from external institutional forces, from the change in technology, from the emergence of new phenomena, and finally, from the changing understanding of what a "field" or "discipline" entails. In this study we trace the historiography of the IS field to illustrate sources of confusion arising from deeply held assumptions regarding the formation and legitimacy of IS identity. By introducing the identity of IS as a "human science" as opposed to that of a natural science, we illuminate an interstitial gap in knowledge which IS inhabits. To address this gap, we posit sociomateriality as a perspective that offers IS a distinct identity as an academically and socially relevant field by uncovering and enabling research into the entanglement of humans, information, and technologies.
AB - Challenges to identifying the information systems (IS) field originate within the community, from external institutional forces, from the change in technology, from the emergence of new phenomena, and finally, from the changing understanding of what a "field" or "discipline" entails. In this study we trace the historiography of the IS field to illustrate sources of confusion arising from deeply held assumptions regarding the formation and legitimacy of IS identity. By introducing the identity of IS as a "human science" as opposed to that of a natural science, we illuminate an interstitial gap in knowledge which IS inhabits. To address this gap, we posit sociomateriality as a perspective that offers IS a distinct identity as an academically and socially relevant field by uncovering and enabling research into the entanglement of humans, information, and technologies.
KW - Disciplinary identity
KW - IS identity
KW - IT artefact
KW - Information
KW - Sociomateriality
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84869145285
SN - 9781742102399
T3 - ACIS 2011 Proceedings - 22nd Australasian Conference on Information Systems
BT - ACIS 2011 Proceedings - 22nd Australasian Conference on Information Systems
T2 - 22nd Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACIS 2011
Y2 - 29 November 2011 through 2 December 2011
ER -