VIKMB24 Social and Community Informatics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Michal Lorenz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zdeněk Kadlec, Dr.
Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Marie Hradilová
Supplier department: Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:
1) understand and explain social context of design and implementation of technologies
2) analyse information needs of organizations and communities
3) use methods of critical evaluation of role of technologies in society
4) identify features of support tools for various communities
5) apply methods of terrain data collection with support of information technologies
Syllabus
  • During this propaedeutic course are presented critical theories assessing the role of technologies in life of society as well as research methods evaluating interaction, development and use of technology. Contextualization, design and assessment of technologies in information science are introduced. Attention is paid to theories, methods and outcomes of critical evaluation of technologies and their roles in society, organitzations, civic activities and learning systems. Students uses social methodology as they investigate needs of organizations and design information systems. Various means of knowledge sharing and tools for support and development of civil society are instantiated.
  • 1. Role of a design in information science
  • 2. Workshop: Designing for trust: architecture of trust
  • 3. Socio-technical theory, socio-technical systems, how social values affect the design, connection between organizational structure and software design. Tavistock institute case studies
  • 4. Workshop: Diagnosis of communication norms
  • 5. Activity theory, sociology of objects, actor network theory
  • 6. Workshop: Semiotics engeneering: dialog with materials
  • 7. Affordances and trajectories of technology
  • 8. Workshop: Socio-technical walkthrough: designing collaboration technical systems
  • 9. Community informatics, identification of virtual communities
  • 10. Workshop: Community profiling, social network analysis
  • 11. Building community of practice
  • 12. Workshop: Implementation of community supporting tools
Literature
    required literature
  • SAWYER, S. Social Informatics: Overview, Principles and Opportunities. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology [online]. Vol. 31, No. 5, 2005 [2010-12-13].. Dostupný z http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Jun-05/sawyer.html
  • KAPTELININ, Victor - NARDI, Bonnie A. Acting with Technology: Activity Theory and Interaction Design. The MIT Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0262513319
  • WINNER, Langdon. The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology. University of Chicago Press, 1988. 214 s. ISBN: 978-0226902111
  • ZITTRAN, Johnatan. The Future of the Internet – And How to Stop It. Yale University Press, 2009. 352 s. ISBN: 978-0300151244
  • KLING, R. What is Social Informatics and Why Does it Matter? D-Lib Magazine [online]. Vol. 5., No.1, 1999 [2010-12-13]. Dostupný z: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january99/kling/01kling.html
  • GURSTEIN, Michael (Ed.). Community Informatics: Enabling communities with information and communications technologies. IGI Global, 2000. 596 s. ISBN: 978-1878289698
  • JOHNSON, Deborah G. – WETMORE, Jameson M. Technology and Society: Building Our Sociotechnical Future. The MIT Press, 2008. 648 s. ISBN: 978-0262600736
  • ULLMAN, Ellen. Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents, City Lights Publishers, 2001. 189 s. ISBN: 978-0872863323
  • EAGLE, Dave – HAGUE, Barry – KEEBLE, Leigh Keeble – LOADER, Brian D. (EdS.) Community Informatics: Shaping Computer Mediated Social Relations. Routledge, 2001. 376 s. ISBN: 978-0415231121
  • Social informatics : an information society for all? : in remembrance of Rob Kling : proceedings of the seventh International conference on human choice and computers (HCC7), IFIP TC9 :Maribor, Slovenia, September 21-23, 2006. Edited by Jacques Berleur - Markku I. Nurminen - John Impagliazzo. New York: Springer, 2006, viii, 489. ISBN 0387378766. info
  • CASTELLS, Manuel. The internet galaxy : reflections on the internet, business, and society. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, xi, 292. ISBN 0199255776. info
  • Computerization and controversy : value conflicts and social choices. Edited by Rob Kling. San Diego: Academic Press, 1995, xi, 959. ISBN 0124150403. info
  • LANDAUER, Thomas K. The trouble with computers : usefulness, usability, and productivity. Cambridge: Bradford Book, 1995, xiii, 425. ISBN 0262121867. info
    recommended literature
  • Being digital (Souběž.) : Digitální svět. info
  • DAVENPORT, E. Social Informatics in Practice: A Guide for the Perplexed. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 2005, 31(5)
  • HANSETH, Ole – MONTEIRO, Eric. Understanding Information Infrastructure. [online]. [cit. 2007-11-13]. Dostupný z: http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~oleha/Publications/bok.html
  • KLING, R. Learning about information technologies and social change: the contribution of social informatics. The Information Society. 2000, Vol. 16, No. 3, s. 217-32.
  • DEPAULA, R. A new era in human computer interaction: the challenges of technology as a social proxy. Proceedings of the Latin American Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. 2003. s. 219-222.
  • CAROLL, John M. Learning in Communities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Centered Information Technology. Springer, 2009. ISBN 978-1848003316
  • WELLMAN, Barry. Computer networks as social networks. Science. 2001, Vol. 293, No. 5537, s.2031 - 2034.
  • RODDEN, T. - ROGERS, Y. - HALLORAN, J. - TAYLOR, I. Designing novel interactional workspaces to support face to face consultations. Proceedings of CHI'03 conference on computer human interaction. p. 57-64 New York: ACM Press, 2003
  • WENGER, Etienne. Cultivating Communities of Practice. Harvard Business Press, 2002. 284 s. ISBN 978-1578513307
  • ULLMAN, Ellen. The Technological Society. Vintage Books, 1967. 446 s. ISBN: 978-0394703909
  • PEARCE, Celia - Â, Artemesia – BOELLSTIRFF, Tom – NARDI, Bonnie A. Communities of Play: Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds. The MIT Press, 2009. 336 S. ISBN 978-0262162579
  • KLING, R. – McKIM, G. – KING, A. A bit more to IT: Scholarly communication forums as socio-technical interaction networks. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 2003, 54(1), 47-67
  • WINNER, Langdon. Autonomous Technology: Technics-out-of-Control as a Theme in Political Thought. The MIT Press, 1978. 396 s. ISBN: 978-0262730495
  • SAWYER, S. – ROSENBAUM, H. Social informatics in the information sciences: Current activities and emerging directions. Informing Science. 2000, 3(2), s. 89-95. Dostupný z: http://www.inform.nu/Articles/Vol3/v3n2p89-96r.pdf
  • TAPSCOTT, Don and Anthony D. WILLIAMS. Wikinomics : how mass collaboration changes everything. Expanded ed. New York: Portfolio, 2008, xii, 351. ISBN 9781591841937. info
  • LUHMANN, Niklas. Sociální systémy : nárys obecné teorie. Translated by Pavel Váňa. 1. vyd. Brno: CDK (Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury), 2006, 550 s. ISBN 8073251000. info
  • LATOUR, Bruno. Reassembling the social : an introduction to actor-network-theory. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, x, 301. ISBN 9780199256051. info
  • KLING, Rob, Howard ROSENBAUM and Steve SAWYER. Understanding and communicating social informatics : a framework for studying and teaching the human contexts of information and communication technologies. 1st Print. Medford, New Jersey: Information Today, 2005, xx, 216. ISBN 1573872288. info
  • BATESON, Gregory. Steps to an ecology of mind. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000, xxxii, 533. ISBN 0226039056. info
  • NARDI, Bonnie A. and Vicki O'DAY. Information ecologies : using technology with heart. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999, xiv, 232. ISBN 0262640422. info
  • DAVENPORT, Thomas H. and Laurence PRUSAK. Information ecology : mastering the information and knowledge environment. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 255 s. ISBN 0195111680. info
  • POSTMAN, Neil. Technopoly : the surrender of culture to technology. 1st ed. New York: Vintage Books, 1993, xii, 222. ISBN 0679745408. info
  • STRAKA, Josef. Sociální informatika :terminologický a výkladový slovník pro posluchače katedry vědeckých informací a knihovnictví. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1990, 217 s. ISBN 80-7066-324-3. info
  • LEONT'JEV, Aleksej Nikolajevič. Činnost, vědomí, osobnost. Translated by Miluše Sedláková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1978, 220 s. URL info
  • ILLICH, Ivan. Tools for conviviality. Glasgow: Fontana, 1975. info
  • MUMFORD, Lewis. Technika a civilisace. Translated by Vladimír Roháček. Praha: Práce, 1947, 500 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Course is composed from lectures and workshops. As outcome students prepare and carry out team projects.
Assessment methods
1. Assessment of writen special texts 2. Research project proposition defence
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Výuka bude probíhat v Seminární učebně KISK každý čtvrtek ve 11:30 - 14:05.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2013.
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