@article{suchman_categories_1994,
	title = {Do categories have politics?},
	volume = {2},
	abstract = {Drawing on writings within the CSCW community and on recent social theory, this paper proposes that the adoption of speech act theory as a foundation for system design carries with it an agenda of discipline and control over organization members' actions. I begin with a brief review of the language/action perspective introduced by Winograd, Flores and their colleagues, focusing in particular on the categorization of speakers' intent. I then turn to some observations on the politics of categorization and, with that framework as background, consider the attempt, through THE COORDINATOR,tO implement a technological system for intentionaccounting within organizations. Finally, I suggest the implications of the analysis presented in the paper for the politics of CSCW systems design.},
	language = {en},
	journal = {Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)},
	author = {Suchman, Lucy},
	year = {1994},
	pages = {177-- 190},
}

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