-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Get pragmatic at ICIS - SIGPrag CFP Datum: Fri, 29 May 2009 07:54:16 +0200 Von: Par Agerfalk par.agerfalk@dis.uu.se Antwort an: Par Agerfalk par.agerfalk@dis.uu.se Organisation: Uppsala University An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org

CALL FOR PAPERS

SIGPrag 2009 at ICIS in Phoenix, Arizona

“So you want to DO IT, then get pragmatic… join SIGPrag 2009”

A scientific event organized by the AIS Special Interest Group on Pragmatist IS research (www.sigprag.org)

In the IS field there is a growing recognition of the importance of theorizing the IT artifact and its organizational and societal context from a pragmatic and action-oriented perspective. Over the years, a number of events and journal special issues have been devoted to this topic (e.g. the Language/Action Perspective workshops 1996–2005 and special issues of CACM and Data and Knowledge Engineering, the Understanding Sociotechnical Action workshops and special issue of IJTHI, the Action in Language, Organizations and Information Systems conferences and EJIS special issue, the Pragmatic Web conference, and the Organizational Semiotics conferences and books). The aim of SIGPrag is to provide a much-needed centre of gravity and to facilitate exchange of ideas and further development of this area of IS scholarship.

The first SIGPrag scientific event was held in Paris 2008 at ICIS 2008 (see www.sigprag.org). The AIS Special Interest Group on Pragmatist IS Research (SIGPrag, www.sigprag.org) now invites researchers to contribute papers advancing SIGPrag's central theme: theorizing the IT artifact and its organizational and societal context from a pragmatic, design and action-oriented perspective.

SIGPrag addresses pragmatic issues across the full spectrum of information systems research, including areas such as systems development, social software, social media, social responsibility, business in society, business modeling, sustainable development, digital innovation, and IT in the supply chain. Diverse aspects of pragmatic theory, pragmatic research, and pragmatic methods are of special interest and especially their relation to other research streams such as design science research. How can pragmatic IS research make a difference in practice and theory?

Submission will undergo peer-review and accepted papers will be presented at the SIGPrag meeting in conjunction with ICIS 2009 in Phoenix, AZ, USA. The program committee, consisting of selected members from the SIGPrag advisory board and members of SIGPrag, will perform the reviews. Those interested should submit their paper by September 4, 2009 as an email attachment to sigprag2009@gmail.com. Proceedings will be published through the AIS eLibrary. Submissions should follow the format of the ICIS template (see http://www.icis09.org/).

Important dates: * September 4, 2009: Paper Submission * October 23, 2009: Notification of acceptance * November 20, 2009: Final Papers due * December, 2009: SIGPrag meeting at ICIS 2009 in Phoenix, AZ

SIGPrag 2009 Co-chairs,

Dr. Mark Aakhus, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA Prof. Pär J. Agerfalk, Uppsala University, Sweden Dr. Mikael Lind, University of Boras & Viktoria Institute, Sweden

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