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This paper relates the discussion of articulation work (and of disarticulation) to issues of the creation and control of collective communication spaces. Four different types of settings are examined - occupationally segregated terrains, emergency situations, scarce-resource settings and performance-intensive settings. What is articulated in such settings is seen as depending on the properties of the communication spaces actors build, their zoning and contextuality; while instances of disarticulation within this space can be interpreted as a consequence of both regionalisation and/or a deterioration or even breakdown of envisioning and interrelating. CSCW design needs to take account of the regionalised character of “real world” communications by offering tools for creating a corresponding multiplicity of communication spaces.
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Clement, A., Wagner, I. (1995). Fragmented Exchange: Disarticulation and the Need for Regionalized Communication Spaces. In: Marmolin, H., Sundblad, Y., Schmidt, K. (eds) Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work ECSCW ’95. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0349-7_3
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