Show notes
Old research can give new insights. Ben Kraal publishes a newsletter called “1992”. In it he takes research papers from 1992 and looks them from a modern-day perspective.
Even though the research papers are almost 30 years old, we discuss why they can be very relevant and useful. We take a particular look at a research paper about the roll-out of Lotus notes in an organisation in the early 90s. It offers a lot of interesting perspectives, from how we articulate research findings, to “technical frames” and their relevance to digital tranformation.
(Listening time: 37 minutes, transcript)
Episode #257: 1992 revisited with @bjkraal – We discuss the relevance and usefulness of old academic research papers to our work todayhttps://t.co/2pmzJzlNOu#ux #uxpodcast pic.twitter.com/kRnizJobyI
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References:
- Full transcript for episode 257
- Ben’s newsletter: 1992
- Ben’s website
- Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine (Wikipedia)
- The Wedding Present “Hit Parade” singles (Wikipedia)
- Learning from Notes by Wanda J Orlikowski (1992 newsletter)
- Wanda’s original research paper (pdf)
- Lotus notes (now called HCL Domino) (Wikipedia)
- Fifth-Generation Management by Venkatesh Rao
- Design for the real world – Victor Papanek (Goodreads)
- Work and the Division of Labor – paper by Anselm Strauss
- Social organization of Medical Work – by Anslem Strauss (Chapter on articulation work)
- Buchanan, Richard (1992). Wicked Problems in Design Thinking (pdf)
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