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Working Papers on Information Systems ISSN 1535-6078 Proceedings of the Inaugural Meeting of AIS SIGPrag Pär Ãgerfalk Uppsala University, Sweden Mark Aakhus Rutgers University, USA Mikael Lind Viktoria Institute, Sweden Abstract The Special Interest Group on Pragmatist IS Research (SIGPrag) was approved by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) council at its June 2008 meeting in Gallway. The motivation for this initiative is the growing recognition of the importance of theorizing the IT artifact and its organizational and societal context from a pragmatic and action-oriented perspective. SIGPragâs mission is to provide a much-needed centre of gravity and to facilitate exchange of ideas and further development of this area of IS scholarship. In summary, pragmatist IS research rests on the following set of assumptions: ⢠Human life is a life of activity. ⢠Humans do things that effect changes in their environment and/or within themselves. ⢠Doing permeates thinking, conceptualizations and language use. ⢠Human consciousness is a practical one that is in constant interplay with interventive, investigative, and evaluative actions. ⢠Practical consciousness is formed by experience from previous actions and participation in social contexts. ⢠IT and information systems are fundamentally symbolic language systems. ⢠Linguistically expressed collective presuppositions, norms and categories (such as those embedded in IT and information systems) serve human activity and life. ⢠The true value of IT and information systems lies in their potential to support human communication and collaboration central to human activity and life. For more information about SIGPrag, its mission and current activities, please visit http://www.sigprag.org/ Keywords: Pragmatist IS Research Permanent URL: http://sprouts.aisnet.org/8-49 Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works License Reference: Ãgerfalk, P., Aakhus, M., Lind, M. (2008). "Proceedings of the Inaugural Meeting of AIS SIGPrag," Proceedings > Proceedings of SIGPrag Workshop . Sprouts: Working Papers on Information Systems, 8(49). http://sprouts.aisnet.org/8-49 Sprouts - http://sprouts.aisnet.org/8-49 Proceedings of the Inaugural Meeting of AIS SIGPrag Paris, France, 14 December 2008 In Conjunction with the Twenty Ninth International Conference on Information Systems Pär J. Ågerfalk, Mark Aakhus and Mikael Lind SIGPrag Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Pragmatist IS Research Sprouts - http://sprouts.aisnet.org/8-49 Proceedings of the Inaugural Meeting of AIS SIGPrag Editors: Pär J. Ågerfalk Department of Information Science Uppsala University, Sweden and Lero – The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, Ireland Mark Aakhus Department of Communication Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA Mikael Lind School of Business and Informatics University of Borås, Sweden and Jönköping International Business School, Sweden Revision 1.01 © Copyright 2008 this compilation by the Editors. Copyright each individual article by the respective author(s). ii Sprouts - http://sprouts.aisnet.org/8-49 Table of contents Introduction to the Inaugural Meeting of the AIS Special Interest Group on 1 Pragmatist IS Research Pär J. Ågerfalk, Mark Aakhus, Mikael Lind What Kind of Pragmatism in Information Systems Research? 3 Göran Goldkuhl Pragmatic Approach in IS Projects Grounded on Recognised Frameworks 9 Raija Halonen Co-Design as Social Constructive Pragmatism 15 Mikael Lind, Ulf Seigerroth, Olov Forsgren, Anders Hjalmarsson Pragmatism and Information Systems (IS): Neurophilosophical approach 23 Garikoitz Lerma Usabiaga, Francesc Miralles Sustainability Communication: A role for IT and IS in Relating Business and 29 Society Mark Aakhus, Paul Ziek Managing Ambiguity while Reducing Uncertainty 37 Gianni Jacucci, Mike Martin A Pragmatic Conception of Service Encounters 43 Mikael Lind, Nicklas Salomonson Representation and Correspondence: On the Validity of the Representation 49 Assumption in Information System Design Pär J. Ågerfalk, Owen Eriksson Habermas’ theory in action 55 Jan L.G. Dietz Challenges to Information Systems Development 61 Roland Kaschek Making the Web More Pragmatic: Exploring the Potential of Some 67 Pragmatic Concepts for IS Research and Development Jens Allwood, Mikael Lind Introducing Human in Complex System: A Cognitive Pragmatics Based 73 Model G. Lortal Design Research from a Communicative Perspective: How to Design Things 79 with Words Hans Weigand The Pragmatic Web: An Application View 85 Mareike Schoop iii Sprouts - http://sprouts.aisnet.org/8-49 iv Sprouts - http://sprouts.aisnet.org/8-49 INTRODUCTION TO THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE AIS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON PRAGMATIST IS RESEARCH Pär J. Ågerfalk Mark Aakhus Uppsala University Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Sweden USA [email protected] [email protected] Mikael Lind University of Borås Sweden [email protected] Abstract This paper introduces the inaugural meeting of the AIS Special Interest Group on Pragmatist IS Research (SIGPrag) to be held in Paris on Dec 14, 2008, in conjunction with the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). AIS SIGPrag The Special Interest Group on Pragmatist IS Research (SIGPrag) was approved by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) council at its June 2008 meeting in Gallway. The motivation for this initiative is the growing recognition of the importance of theorizing the IT artifact and its organizational and societal context from a pragmatic and action-oriented perspective. SIGPrag’s mission is to provide a much-needed centre of gravity and to facilitate exchange of ideas and further development of this area of IS scholarship. In summary, pragmatist IS research rests on the following set of assumptions: • Human life is a life of activity. • Humans do things that effect changes in their environment and/or within themselves. • Doing permeates thinking, conceptualizations and language use. • Human consciousness is a practical one that is in constant interplay with interventive, investigative, and evaluative actions. • Practical consciousness is formed by experience from previous actions and participation in social contexts. • IT and information systems are fundamentally symbolic language systems. • Linguistically expressed collective presuppositions, norms and categories (such as those embedded in IT and information systems) serve human activity and life. • The true value of IT and information systems lies in their potential to support human communication and collaboration central to human activity and life. For more information about SIGPrag, its mission and current activities, please visit http://www.sigprag.org/ The Inaugural Meeting The inaugural meeting of SIGPrag is to be held in Paris on Dec 14, 2008, in conjunction with the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). The meeting will consist of two parts, a scientific meeting and a business meeting. For the scientific meeting a call for position papers was issued in the summer of 2008, which resulted in the following papers being selected for presentation: AIS Special Interest Group on Pragmatist IS Research, Inaugural Meeting, Paris, Dec 14, 2008 Sprouts - http://sprouts.aisnet.org/8-49 Ågerfalk, Aakhus, Lind • What Kind of Pragmatism in Information Systems Research? by Göran Goldkuhl. • Pragmatic Approach in IS Projects Grounded on Recognised Frameworks by Raija Halonen. • Co-Design as Social Constructive Pragmatism by Mikael Lind, Ulf Seigerroth, Olov Forsgren, and Anders Hjalmarsson. • Pragmatism and Information Systems (IS): Neurophilosophical approach by Garikoitz Lerma Usabiaga and Francesc Miralles. • Sustainability Communication: A role for IT and IS in relating business and Society by Mark Aakhus and Paul Ziek. • Managing Ambiguity while Reducing Uncertainty by Gianni Jacucci and Mike Martin. • A Pragmatic Conception of Service Encounters by Mikael Lind and Nicklas Salomonson. • Making the Web More Pragmatic: Exploring the Potential Of Some Pragmatic Concepts For IS Research And Development by Jens Allwood and Mikael Lind. • Introducing Human in Complex System: A Cognitive Pragmatics Based Model by G. Lortal. • The Pragmatic Web: An Application View by Mareike Schoop. • Design Research from a Communicative Perspective: How to Design Things with Words by Hans Weigand. • Representation and Correspondence: On the Validity of the Representation Assumption in Information System Design by Pär J. Ågerfalk and Owen Eriksson. • Habermas’ theory in action by Jan L.G. Dietz. • Challenges to Information Systems Development by Roland Kaschek. The idea behind this inaugural meeting