NDLI: Practices of Stigmergy in the Building Process

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Christensen, Lars Rune
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Actors coordinate their cooperative efforts by acting on the evidence of work previously accomplished. Based on a field study this article introduces the concept of stigmergy to the analysis of coordinative practices in the building process. It distinguishes between practices of stigmergy, articulation work and awareness practices. Stigmergy is understood as coordination achieved by acting directly on the evidence of work previously accomplished by others. The article provides descriptions of stigmergy in the building process i.e. in design as well as construction work. It seeks to (1) introduce the concept of stigmergy to CSCW, (2) to delimit this concept in regard to other concepts of coordination such as articulation work and awareness and (3) to provide descriptions of practices of stigmergy in the building process and, in this capacity, to help explain how complex large-scale cooperative work is coordinated.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	19
Page Count	19
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09259724
Journal	Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Volume Number	23
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15737551
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2012-12-22
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	coordination building process stigmergy articulation work awareness Computer Science User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction Psychology Interdisciplinary Studies Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Science

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