Paper Info
Title
Shopping for sharpies in Seattle: mundane infrastructures of transnational design
Abstract
In this paper, we describe the importance of mundane tools for design practitioners in India working with Euro-American clients. Our findings are based on a 7-week ethnographic study of a design firm based in Delhi, India. We analyze some highly-valued tools and software, such as post-its, as infrastructures with both practical and symbolic functions. These infrastructures are made meaningful in the shared practices of a transnational but primarily Euro-American design community. Designers in India employ a number of strategies we call "infrastructure work" to be able to participate as designers in this mold.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1145/1841853.1841860
Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Intercultural collaboration
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
highly-valued tool,infrastructure work,euro-american client,mundane infrastructure,mundane tool,symbolic function,shared practice,design practitioner,7-week ethnographic study,intercultural collaboration,design firm,india,euro-american design community,transnational design,infrastructure,design
Conference
10
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.69
10
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lilly Irani188863.91
Paul Dourish28020900.72
Melissa Mazmanian323618.71