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Title: How I Learned What a Domain Was
This paper re-traverses the author's investigations across several years as he sought to pin-down the meaning of the in vivo category 'domain'. The paper is a methodological reflection on the grounded theory approach to concept development, with a focus on the technical terms: in vivo category, iteration on the code, and sensitizing category. It is also a substantive theoretical contribution, elaborating the concept of a domain in computing, data and information science, and how it has long served as an organizing principle for developing computational systems. Four tricks of the trade for studying the 'logic of domains' are offered as sensitizing concepts to aid future investigations.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1638903
PAR ID:
10602025
Author(s) / Creator(s):
 
Publisher / Repository:
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Volume:
3
Issue:
CSCW
ISSN:
2573-0142
Format(s):
Medium: X Size: p. 1-12
Size(s):
p. 1-12
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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