Article Idea:
”Out of category” – beyond Common Sense Information Architecture
suggested by Jannick Sørensen on 2006/04/02
I wrote this essay as a comment to the IA techniques and methods being discussed here at Boxes and Arrows. I want to question the underlying assumption of these techniques as they attempt to divide webcontent into categories. Inspired by a speech by Christina Wodtke in Denmark November 2004, and by the philosopher Richard Rorty I wrote this essay.
I hope you’ll like to copy-paste it and publish it on boxesandarrows? You are free to do so!
About the author:
Born 1967. Teaching Interaction Design at University of Southern Denmark, Media Science. Backgroud in journalism and public service radio. Studied Interaction design (Master degree) with Jonas Löwgren and Pelle Ehn at Malmö University.
Personal website: www.audiotales.net
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Jannick Sørensen
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Posted 2006/04/02 @ 11:18AM with
It would be an honor to get comments!
John Huntjens
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Posted 2006/04/18 @ 15:25PM with
Excellent article, thought-provoking, out of the box thinking, well-researched.
Eric Sjue
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Posted 2006/04/24 @ 15:20PM with
I believe these ideas definately have merrit and I especially like your addressing of what I call the “Neilsen” effect on the field of information architecture. My professor in User Behavior at grad school introduced me to research on “sense-making” http://communication.sbs.ohio-state.edu/sense-making/ – you might be interested in this because it addresses and looks at how we communicate in and outside the virtual realm.
Jannick Sørensen
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Posted 2006/05/03 @ 09:30AM with
Thanks a lot for the positive comments! I hope even more and maybe also questioning comments will be posted! Thanks for the reference about ‘sense-making’
Jannick