Sociomateriality and IS identity

Nik R. Hassan; Dirk S. Hovorka

Sociomateriality and IS identity

Nik R. Hassan, Dirk S. Hovorka

Bond Business School

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Abstract

Challenges to identifying the information systems (IS) field originate within the community, from external institutional forces, from the change in technology, from the emergence of new phenomena, and finally, from the changing understanding of what a "field" or "discipline" entails. In this study we trace the historiography of the IS field to illustrate sources of confusion arising from deeply held assumptions regarding the formation and legitimacy of IS identity. By introducing the identity of IS as a "human science" as opposed to that of a natural science, we illuminate an interstitial gap in knowledge which IS inhabits. To address this gap, we posit sociomateriality as a perspective that offers IS a distinct identity as an academically and socially relevant field by uncovering and enabling research into the entanglement of humans, information, and technologies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Conference on Information Systems
Subtitle of host publication	ACIS 2011
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	Australasian Conference on Information Systems - Sydney, NSW, Australia Duration: 29 Nov 2011 → 2 Dec 2011 Conference number: 22nd

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Conference	Australasian Conference on Information Systems
Abbreviated title	ACIS 2011
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney, NSW
Period	29/11/11 → 2/12/11

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