Exploring the concept of group interaction through action in a mobile context
Abstract. This paper explores the concept of interaction through action. The exploration is done empirically in the setting of bird hunting. Using qualitative research methods, we studied how a hunting group secure awareness in order to coordinate their actions and to collaborate. We analyzed the da...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1046.3744 http://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/users/azhang/disc/springer/0558/papers/2453/24530567.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract. This paper explores the concept of interaction through action. The exploration is done empirically in the setting of bird hunting. Using qualitative research methods, we studied how a hunting group secure awareness in order to coordinate their actions and to collaborate. We analyzed the data using a modified CSCW-model and found that the methods for securing awareness and coordination are rather complex and that environmental constraints play important roles. Dealing with coordination and collaboration in a setting such as the one we study is not easy. Based on the empirical findings, we derive design implications to consider in the design of artifacts for supporting group activity grounded on the concept of interaction through action. A Forgotten Field Today the usage of information technology have increased and the IT support for group activities is highly developed. In organisations, groupware makes it possible to coordinate work and the communication infrastructure is very advanced. But it seems as if some human group activities are isolated from this evolution, the group activity of hunting for example. The activity takes place in a setting with a low frequency of artefacts and with lots of outer constraints such as variation in vegetation and weather. Group activities in the wild seem to have been left behind in the technological evolution. How do groups manage to coordinate their activities and secure collaboration between participants? Reviewing the literature on the topic we found some research that had explored HCI issues in wild settings 1 . Authors are mostly concerned with technical demands on artefacts to support individual activities in such environments In order to investigate the question empirically, we conducted an empirical study of a hunting group in northern Sweden. Using qualitative research methods, we studied how the group coordinate, communicate and collaborate in order to make the hunting session as fruitful and safe as possible. We analysed the data using the "CSCW framework" |
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