On a Mission without a Home Base: Conceptualizing Nomadicity in Student Group Work

Authors:
Cristian Bogdan;Chiara Rossitto;Maria Normark;Pedro Jorge (Adler);Kerstin Severinson Eklundh
Affiliations:
IPLab, HCI Group, School of Computer Science and Communication, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, {cristi,chiara-1,adler,kse}@nada.kth.se, maria.normark@sh.se;IPLab, HCI Group, School of Computer Science and Communication, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, {cristi,chiara-1,adler,kse}@nada.kth.se, maria.normark@sh.se;IPLab, HCI Group, School of Computer Science and Communication, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, {cristi,chiara-1,adler,kse}@nada.kth.se, maria.normark@sh.se;IPLab, HCI Group, School of Computer Science and Communication, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, {cristi,chiara-1,adler,kse}@nada.kth.se, maria.normark@sh.se;IPLab, HCI Group, School of Computer Science and Communication, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, {cristi,chiara-1,adler,kse}@nada.kth.se, maria.normark@sh.se
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2006 conference on Cooperative Systems Design: Seamless Integration of Artifacts and Conversations -- Enhanced Concepts of Infrastructure for Communication
Year:
2006

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Abstract

We are observing that the current body of CSCW research is focusing either on stable workplaces with a single cooperative unit or on mobile work, with highly mobile professionals. We are attempting to fill the gap between workplace and mobile with a field study of student work, which we regard as exhibiting a high degree of nomadicity. After comparing student work with centres of coordination and mobility work, we unpack the notion of nomadicity as a work condition, constituted by a complex of discontinuities, leading to work partitioning and re-assembly. We draw design and methodological implications.