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Exploring Boundary Object Affects
Exploring Boundary Object Affects
2. How do you know this boundary object? What are boundary objects that this is an
example of such?
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3. First reaction (if remembered) or current immediate reaction (could be "none"); choose
some affect-laden terms when possible:
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4. Form: body/mind congruity, incongruity, or? Are they working together? How or not?
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6. Perception: which prior feelings inflect feeling in #5? What sort of habit, previous
experience involved?
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7. Concept: name the "kind of thing" this object such that it provokes such feeling. Maybe a
story that pinpoints it all:
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10. Values & Politics: what do I learn about my values and politics from doing this? What do
I learn about values and politics in general terms from this?
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11. How many communities of practice can I think of to name that care about this object?
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12. Examples of its robustness (ability to be used by multiple groups with big umbrella
meanings) & its plasticity (adaptability to specific definitions among particular folks)
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14. Examples of groups and cooperations, among groups who don't push for single meaning
or even know meanings differ:
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15. Examples of push to DEFINE meaning in specific terms & what is at stake:
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