Space & Technology Flashcards
1
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Affordance
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Physical environment offers possible functions:
- perceived use
- hidden affordance
- false affordance
2
Q
Exterior of organization…
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Conveys organizational identity and symbolic nature of organization
3
Q
Glass palace vs. Glass cage
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- two-way visibility: sense of autonomy
- cage disguised with sense of openness and transparency
- aesthetics of glass draws attention away from ‘cage’ (beauty vs trap)
4
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Disadvantages of transparent and open boundaries
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- disrupts communication (private conversations)
- loss of privacy, territory and independence
- develops peer pressure
E.g. Hot desking
5
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Design in spaces
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- rational vs aesthetics concerns
- intended vs unintended consequences
E.g. Sick building syndrome
6
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Benefits of personalization
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- reflects identity, marks territory
- provides emotional connection to workplace
- express individuality, creates comfort and motivation
- develop social links by presenting yourself to others
7
Q
Symbols in spaces
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- express meaning
- characterized by:
• difference
• arbitrariness
• present no matter what - meaning changes in context & situation
E.g. Lefebvre
8
Q
3 perspectives of technological advancement
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- determinism (natural progress)
- socially shaped by desires and worries
- socially constructed through construction of meaning
9
Q
Issues of IT
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- Zuboff (1988)
- Agre (2000)
10
Q
Benefits of IT
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- Wajcman and colleagues
- Lewis (2003)
11
Q
Actor-Network theory
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Objects are part of social networks that construct society on continuous basis
- generalized symmetry
- process of mutual influence
