The task is to read the texts, answer the questions, and then at the very moment discuss these. The purpose of the seminar is to discuss information practices as they are analyzed in Hartel’s and Veinot’s texts. Write WRITE ON WHICH PAGE YOU FOUND THE ANSWERS. The purpose is further to put these texts in relation to what has been discussed earlier in the course on socio-technical perspectives and practice theory. Read the texts and answer the following questions: What is involved in information practices , in which processes , artifacts and meanings do the respective authors highlight? What is the relationship of information practice to other practices described in the texts? What does the information dimension add to the understanding of the phenomena being discussed? What role is attributed to Technology in the two texts discussions on information management? The literature is Jenna Hartei ” Journal of Documentation” issn 0022-0418. Article publication date 19 October 2010 and Tiffany C. Veinot ” The Eyes of the Power Company”: Workplace Information Practices of a Vault Inspector. (The University of Chicago press journals . Journals.uchicago.edu ) Only from these articles!
