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Call for papers
The Third International workshop on the Language Action Perspective on Communication Modelling (LAP98)
Stockholm June 25-26, 1998
The Language Action Perspective (LAP) is a theoretical orientation for studying modelling, design, implementation and usage of information systems in organizational contexts. LAP is based on an action view on language and communication, emphasizing what people DO while communicating. It has its theoretical roots in speech act theory (Austin, Searle) and communication action theory (Habermas). Since 1980 there has been a growing interest in the Language Action Perspective among scholars in information systems and computer science. Pioneering work was done by Flores and Winograd. In the 90´s the Language Action approach has reached a mature level with several frameworks and methods for communication modelling as e.g. Action Workflow, DEMO, SAMPO and BAT.Two international workshops (LAP96, LAP97) have been performed in the Netherlands. (http://infolabwww.kub.nl:2080/infolab/lap97/) The third International Workshop will be arranged in Stockholm, Sweden June 25-26, 1998. This workshop will be connected to a large international conference in Stockholm on communication/information technology "Beyond convergence. Communication into the next millenium" June 21-24 (http://www.its98.org).
The aim of LAP98 is to bring together researchers from information systems, computer science, linguistics, communication studies, organizational behavior, marketing and sociology as well as interested practitioners.
In LAP98 we would like to emphasize contributions concerning
- empirical studies using Language Action Perspective
- modelling methods based on Language Action Perspective
- modelling and design of information systems as communication and action
- different types of applications/technologies, as e.g. electronic commerce, work flow systems groupware, intranet, in the view of language action
- attempts to relate Language Action Perspective to contemporary theories and frameworks on business networks, relationship marketing, business process innovation, quality improvement
But other contributions concerning language/action and communication modelling are also welcome.
Selected papers from the workshop will be fast tracked for review in "Accounting, Managment and Information Technologies" to be included in a special issue on "Doing things with information systems".
Important dates (all 1998):
- March 10: Submitting full papers (max 15 pages) electronically
- May 2: Notification of acceptance
- June 1: Revised papers delievered electronically
- June 25-26: The Workshop in Stockholm
Program chair: Prof Goran Goldkuhl, Jonkoping International Business School and Linkoping University (e-mail ggo@ida.liu.se).
Program committee members:
- Esa Auramäki, Jyvaskyla University
- Jan Dietz, Delft University of Technology
- Frank Dignum, Eindhoven University of Technology
- Owen Eriksson, Dalarna University
- Ralph Holbein, University of Zurich
- Peter Holm, SISU, Stockholm
- Heinz K Klein, SUNY, Binghampton
- Ronald Lee, Erasmus University
- Kalle Lyytinen, Georgia State University & Jyvaskyla University
- Raul Medina-Mora, Action Technologies
- Victor van Reijswoud, Delft University of Technology
- Carla Simone, University of Turin
- Yao-Hua Tan, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- James Taylor, ERE, Montreal
- Hans Weigand, Tilburg University
- Guy Widdershoven, University of Limburg
- Carson Woo, University of British Columbia
Organizing chair:
- Mikael Lind, University of Boras (e-mail Mikael.Lind@hb.se)
- Karin Hedström, University of Orebro (e-mail khm@hoe.se)
- Ulf Seigerroth, Jönköping International Business School (email Ulf.Seigerroth@ihh.hj.se)
