GIS for district-level administration in India: problems and opportunities
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on intensive research in information systems
A set of principles for conducting and evaluating interpretive field studies in information systems
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on intensive research in information systems
Technology as traitor: emergent SAP infrastructure in a global organization
ICIS '98 Proceedings of the international conference on Information systems
Sorting things out: classification and its consequences
Sorting things out: classification and its consequences
Making a World of Difference: It in a Global Context
Making a World of Difference: It in a Global Context
Barefoot Expert: The Interface of Computerized Knowledge Systems and Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Barefoot Expert: The Interface of Computerized Knowledge Systems and Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Knowledge Societies: Information Technology for Sustainable Development
Knowledge Societies: Information Technology for Sustainable Development
Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations
Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Information Systems Development as an Activity
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Improving Multi-Purpose GIS Design: Participative Design
COSIT '97 Proceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Information Theory: A Theoretical Basis for GIS
Knowledge and Organization: A Social-Practice Perspective
Organization Science
Information Systems Research
Knowing in Practice: Enacting a Collective Capability in Distributed Organizing
Organization Science
The Role of Objects in DesignCo-Operation: Communication throughPhysical or Virtual Objects
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Located accountabilities in technology production
Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems - Special issue on Ethnography and intervention
Information systems development as emergent socio-technical change: a practice approach
European Journal of Information Systems - Special issue: From technical to socio-technical change: Tackling the human and organizational aspects of systems development projects
Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation
Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation
Understanding representation in design
Human-Computer Interaction
Sensitive cabbies: Ongoing sense-making within technology structuring
Information and Organization
Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Theory and practice of electronic governance
Building participatory HIS networks: A case study from Kerala, India
Information and Organization
Caste Structures and E-Governance in a Developing Country
EGOV '09 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Electronic Government
Integrating health information systems in Sierra Leone
ICTD'09 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Information and communication technologies and development
On sociomaterial imbrications: What plagiarism detection systems reveal and why it matters
Information and Organization
Exploring preconditions for open innovation: Value networks in industrial firms
Information and Organization
HCI'13 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Human-Computer Interaction: human-centred design approaches, methods, tools, and environments - Volume Part I
Mapping ICT knowledge infrastructure in South Asia
Scientometrics
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Information systems design and development processes by their very nature involve a multiplicity of knowledge systems, including the technology itself, the methodologies for system development, and knowledge relating to the application domain. When an information system is used to advance socio-economic development in less developed countries (LDCs), there are additional sources contributing to this multiplicity. In the case of land management applications, it is important to consider the knowledge that communities have of the land they inhabit. This paper stresses the importance of constructing knowledge alliances between these multiple knowledge systems in order to support more effective IS development and implementation. The term knowledge alliance refers not merely to the material characteristics of the knowledge inscribed in technology, but also to the indigenous knowledge of the various communities involved. This includes the social setting that has shaped the practices which are responsible for the communities' production, articulation, and use of knowledge. Two key theoretical concepts, namely boundary objects and participation, are drawn upon both to understand the multiplicity of knowledge systems and to suggest possible approaches to the creation of effective knowledge alliances. The empirical setting for this analysis is a study of the use of geographical information systems for land management in India. This research is not of merely theoretical significance, but also carries important practical implications for scientists and administrators involved in the development of IS, particularly in LDCs.