CB 2012 - International Workshop on Crossing Boundaries

Due to increasing specialization in organizations and multidisciplinary team work, boundaries are becoming more explicit obstacles. Boundary objects have been proposed as means for crossing these boundaries. This workshop provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to share experiences and issues with crossing boundaries in multidisciplinary innovation projects. In particular, we seek to bring together people who have studied, built, or used boundary objects to facilitate communication across boundaries within or among teams, departments, companies, as well as design phases. The aim of the workshop is twofold. First, to draw a landscape of perspectives, experiences, and contributions regarding boundary crossing and gain understanding how artefacts can be used for boundary crossing highlighting their individual strengths and weaknesses. Second, to uncover what design (communication) can do in crossing these boundaries.