All Outputs (63)

Telling Tales: Narratives Of Classification And Control In The Design Of Taxonomic Software. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, S., Turner, P., Raguenaud, C., & Kennedy, J. (2002). Telling Tales: Narratives Of Classification And Control In The Design Of Taxonomic Software. In Proceedings of Design Research Society Conference: Common Ground, September, 2002

This paper draws on concepts from the structuralist analysis of narrative to explore aspects of the role of stories in the small group design process. A brief review of relevant narratological concepts is provided. Their application in a preliminar... Read More about Telling Tales: Narratives Of Classification And Control In The Design Of Taxonomic Software..

An activity theoretic approach to surfacing evaluation issues. (2002)
Journal Article
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2002). An activity theoretic approach to surfacing evaluation issues. Journal of applied systems studies : methodologies and applications for systems approaches, 3, 134-155

We introduce activity theory and the role of contradictions as a basis for making visible the structure and dynamics of work systems. Then, by way of a case study set in a national counter-fraud agency, we demonstrate how activity theory supports an... Read More about An activity theoretic approach to surfacing evaluation issues..

End-user perspectives on the uptake of computer supported cooperative working. (2002)
Journal Article
Turner, S., & Turner, P. (2002). End-user perspectives on the uptake of computer supported cooperative working. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, 14, 3-15. https://doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2002040101

Researchers in Information Systems have produced a rich collection of meta-analyses and models to further understanding of factors influencing the uptake of information technologies. In the domain of CSCW, however, these models have largely been negl... Read More about End-user perspectives on the uptake of computer supported cooperative working..

A web of contradictions (2001)
Journal Article
Turner, S., & Turner, P. (2001). A web of contradictions. Interacting with Computers, 14(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0953-5438%2801%2900039-x

We describe our use of contradictions, a concept central to a popular formulation of activity theory, to derive requirements of a new technical system to support an administrative system. Contradictions are the underlying causes of disturbances in th... Read More about A web of contradictions.

Caught between real and virtual worlds. (2001)
Book Chapter
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2001). Caught between real and virtual worlds. In J. Bawa, P. Dorazio, & L. Trenner (Eds.), The Usability Business: Making the Web Work (60-70). Springer-Verlag

This chapter describes how we, as HCI practitioners, contributed to the design of a collaborative virtual environment-based simulator. This simulator is to be used by senior maritime professionals to practice and acquire safety-critical skills throug... Read More about Caught between real and virtual worlds..

Getting the story straight (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCall, R., Turner, P., Turner, S., & McCall, R. (2001). Getting the story straight. In A. Blandford, J. Vanderdonckt, & P. Gray (Eds.), People and Computers XV-Interaction without frontiers: joint proceedings of HCI 2001 and IHM 2001 (267-278). https://d

We argue that the use of a user-centred design approach necessarily involves some form of story telling or narrative. Given that both the potential end-users and the designers themselves often (perhaps usually) have different interests and points-of-... Read More about Getting the story straight.

Describing team work with activity theory (2001)
Journal Article
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2001). Describing team work with activity theory. Cognition, Technology and Work, 3, 127-139. https://doi.org/10.1007/pl00011528

The proposal that activity theory might serve as a model or theory for computer-supported cooperative working remains an open question. Here we demonstrate the usefulness of activity theory in elucidating a series of small group software design meeti... Read More about Describing team work with activity theory.

DISCOVERing the impact of reality (poster session) (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dawson, L., Turner, S., Turner, P., Dawson, L., & Munro, A. (2000, September). DISCOVERing the impact of reality (poster session). Presented at Proceedings of the third international conference on Collaborative virtual environments - CVE '00

In this poster paper, we introduce the DISCOVER project, which is developing a CVE for teams to practice managing emergencies in offshore and maritime domains. Many factors constrain design in such contexts. Here we describe just one of them, the... Read More about DISCOVERing the impact of reality (poster session).

Small group design activity and requirements on collaborative technologies. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, S., & Cross, N. (2000). Small group design activity and requirements on collaborative technologies. In S. A. R. Scrivener, L. J. Ball, & A. Woodcock (Eds.), Collaborative Designing (253-260). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0779-8_24

In the last decade or so, many collaborative technologies have been developed which aim to allow people in geographically distributed locations to work together as if sharing the same space. Such tools range from the simple asynchronous resources of... Read More about Small group design activity and requirements on collaborative technologies..

HCI 2000 Volume II (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, S., & Turner, P. (2000). HCI 2000 Volume II.

Uncovering the context for collaboration. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2000). Uncovering the context for collaboration. In Proceedings of the 7th UK VR-SIG Conference

Cui Bono? (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2000). Cui Bono?. In Proceedings of the 1st French-British Virtual Reality International Workshop

No abstract available.

From description to requirements: an activity theoretic perspective. (1999)
Journal Article
Turner, P., Turner, S., & Horton, J. (1999). From description to requirements: an activity theoretic perspective. Proceedings of Group’99, 285-295

This paper demonstrates how activity theoretic concepts can be used in conjunction with an ethnographically informed approach to derive requirements on a work situation. We present a case study based on a series of collaborative design episodes,... Read More about From description to requirements: an activity theoretic perspective..

Information matters. (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Strens, R., Turner, S., & Turner, P. (1999). Information matters. In Proceedings of Interact’99, IFIP TC.13 (61-62)

Is Activity Theory an adequate account of the use of multiple artefacts in cooperative working? (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., Turner, S., & Horton, J. (1999). Is Activity Theory an adequate account of the use of multiple artefacts in cooperative working?. In P. Wright, & R. Fields (Eds.), The Proceeding of the Second International Workshop on Understanding Work and D

Structuring scenarios using activity theory. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (1998). Structuring scenarios using activity theory. In P. Wright, & R. Fields (Eds.), The Proceeding of the First International Workshop on Understanding Work and Designing Artefacts

No abstract available.

The role of information in the design of CSCW. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., Turner, S., & Horton, J. (1998). The role of information in the design of CSCW. In F. Darses, & P. Zaraté (Eds.), Proceedings of COOP ‘98, INRIA

Collaborative notebooks for the virtual workplace. (1997)
Book Chapter
Turner, P., Green, S., Turner, S., & Mayne, P. (1997). Collaborative notebooks for the virtual workplace. In M. Igbaria, & M. Tan (Eds.), The Virtual Workplace (187-198). Idea Press

Distance estimation in minimal virtual reality environments. (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (1997). Distance estimation in minimal virtual reality environments. In Proceedings of the 4th UK VR-SIG Conference

This paper reports on an experimental study into distance estimation in a simple virtual environment. The results have been then compared with an experimental study of spatial cognition in the real world. It is concluded that the minimal virtual envi... Read More about Distance estimation in minimal virtual reality environments..

Supporting cooperative working using shared notebooks. (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (1997). Supporting cooperative working using shared notebooks. In Proceedings of the fifth conference on European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (281-295)

This paper discusses the use of a shared cooperative notebook by a group of software engineers and support staff distributed over two sites. The design: of the notebook is described and results of the pilot trial reported It was found that the system... Read More about Supporting cooperative working using shared notebooks..