“Interpretive” mobility, IS and computing

Abstract

The existing state of the art within “interpretive” sociology is introduced as an initial point of reference. The special issue papers are then discussed in an order that proposes to exemplify the interdisciplinary nature of the arguments at hand. Thus, we attempt an experiential introduction to the prospect of developing both an individual and a disciplinary capacity for “interpretive” mobility. The paper concludes with an invitation to continue this development in the light of an explicit caveat emptor.

Keywords:

• Interpretive
• research methodology
• information systems development
• system
• design
• HCI
• CSCW

Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the contribution and enthusiasm generated by all our workshop participants, authors and reviewers in bringing the interpretive spirit of this collaborative endeavour thus far. Also, our thanks in anticipation to Rob Perks, Curator of Oral History at the National Sound Archives, British Library, for agreeing to duly catalogue and make available the sound recordings of the paired discussions that took place during the 2002 workshop at the Library's earliest opportunity.