Abstract
Knowledge of traditional craft practitioners has been transmitted through demonstration in master apprentice relations. These rare skills are in danger of
being lost due to their low productivity and labor intensiveness in our modern industrialised society. In collaboration with traditional craft practitioners in the
metal casting industry, we designed an interactive knowledge management system that captures and passes on distributed tacit knowledge of experts. We found that collaborative social practice with focus on computational alternatives helped craftsmen with limited design knowledge to recognise and reflect upon their own skills, as well as values of the industry. Furthermore, technologically enhanced communication possibilities beyond temporal boundaries encourage craftsmen to conduct seamless skill transfer to the next generation. We discuss how design participation of craftsmen led to mindset changes and argue how their receptive collaboration contributed to the design life cycle of a knowledge management system.
being lost due to their low productivity and labor intensiveness in our modern industrialised society. In collaboration with traditional craft practitioners in the
metal casting industry, we designed an interactive knowledge management system that captures and passes on distributed tacit knowledge of experts. We found that collaborative social practice with focus on computational alternatives helped craftsmen with limited design knowledge to recognise and reflect upon their own skills, as well as values of the industry. Furthermore, technologically enhanced communication possibilities beyond temporal boundaries encourage craftsmen to conduct seamless skill transfer to the next generation. We discuss how design participation of craftsmen led to mindset changes and argue how their receptive collaboration contributed to the design life cycle of a knowledge management system.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
Editors | Tung X. Bui |
Number of pages | 10 |
Place of Publication | Honolulu |
Publisher | HICSS |
Publication date | Jan 2020 |
Pages | 4880-4889 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780998133133 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | The 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Grand Hyatt Kauai, Maui, United States Duration: 7 Jan 2020 → 10 Jan 2020 Conference number: 53 https://hicss.hawaii.edu/ https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/63576 |
Conference
Conference | The 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
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Number | 53 |
Location | Grand Hyatt Kauai |
Country | United States |
City | Maui |
Period | 07/01/2020 → 10/01/2020 |
Internet address |
Series | Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
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ISSN | 1060-3425 |
Keywords
- Crafts
- knowledge management
- knowledge transfer
- CraftIT
- Information systems