Contributing to Functionality - The Caseof a Network of Union Educators

The objective of this paper is the design of computer supported joint actionspaces. It is argued against a view of functionality as residing in computer applications. Insuch a view the creation of functionality is equivalent to the creation of computerapplications. Functionality, in the view advocated in this paper, emerges in the specificdynamic interplay of actors, objectives, structures, practices and means. In this view,functionality is the result of creating, harnessing and inhabiting computer supported jointaction spaces. The successful creation and further development of a computer supportedjoint action space comprises a whole range of appropriate design contributions.[...]