Technology as Experience
The Ubiquitous Camera: An In-Depth Study of Camera Phone Use
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The role of information in a community of hobbyist collectors
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Easy on that trigger dad: a study of long term family photo retrieval
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Journal of Information Science
Theorizing Practice and Practicing Theory
Organization Science
An exploration of the practice approach and its place in information science
Journal of Information Science
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This theoretical paper explores the implications of adopting a practice approach in information science, proposing 'information in social practice' as an umbrella term in preference to 'information behaviour' or 'information practice'. The paper explores one influential definition of practice and how four forms of personal photography would be understood within it. It shows that social practices often involve information activities such as seeking or managing information, although they are not the end of the practice. Information activities differ markedly between apparently similar practices; indeed conceptions of what information is are shaped by particular practices. This justifies examining information at the practice level. The focus in the practice approach on social convention and identity, materiality and embodiment, routine and change may also change how we look at information.