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Abstract
Knotworking is an emerging collaboration form in the built environment, which promises to encourage innovation at Construction project level. This study of knotworking processes is part of a larger research program about collaboration in the built environment. In this study of Knotworking, the focus has been on how the participating organizations and professionals can learn how to participate in knotworking. A facilitator was introduced to establish how facilitators can assist the participating organizations in a construction project to learn to produce knowledge and innovation through knotworking.
The theoretical foundation is Activity Theory, the data collection method derives from applied ethnomethodology using a blend of video recording and participant observation.
The data has been collected in a series of planning meetings and one workshop about building a new kindergarten. The analysis of data shows that the open-endedness of the process was difficult to handle for the participants, as they wanted to return to old norms and routine that overrule the knotworking process. The major result is that the use of a facilitator can functions as a catalyst helping the participant exploiting the openings for knotworking by encouraging people to bring in their resources and tools in new ways and
in this way increase innovation.
The theoretical foundation is Activity Theory, the data collection method derives from applied ethnomethodology using a blend of video recording and participant observation.
The data has been collected in a series of planning meetings and one workshop about building a new kindergarten. The analysis of data shows that the open-endedness of the process was difficult to handle for the participants, as they wanted to return to old norms and routine that overrule the knotworking process. The major result is that the use of a facilitator can functions as a catalyst helping the participant exploiting the openings for knotworking by encouraging people to bring in their resources and tools in new ways and
in this way increase innovation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings 33nd Annual ARCOM Conference, 4-6 September 2017, Cambridge UK |
| Editors | Paul W Chan, C J Neilson |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Publisher | ARCOM |
| Publication date | 4 Sept 2017 |
| Pages | 420-429 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-9955463-1-8 |
| Publication status | Published - 4 Sept 2017 |
| Event | Arcom Conference 2017 - Fitzwilliam Colleg, Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: 4 Sept 2017 → 6 Sept 2017 Conference number: 33 http://www.arcom.ac.uk/conf-intro.php |
Conference
| Conference | Arcom Conference 2017 |
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| Number | 33 |
| Location | Fitzwilliam Colleg |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Cambridge |
| Period | 04/09/17 → 06/09/17 |
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Keywords
- construction, environment and energy
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Bæredygtig Viden
Beck, F. (Principle researcher), Trudslev, S. F. (Principle researcher), Jeppesen, R. D. (Principle researcher), Nissen, S. B. (Principle researcher) & Klitgaard, A. (Principle researcher)
01/01/17 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Bæredygtig vækst
Vestergaard, A. (Principle researcher), Buhl, H. (Principle researcher), Grøn, D. M. F. (Co-researcher), Andersen, R. H. (Co-researcher), Dalum, A. (Co-researcher), Jensen, M. H. (Co-researcher), Grøn, H. G. (Co-researcher), Nielsen, J. H. (Co-researcher), Saaby, T. (Co-researcher), Lauritzen, D. H. (Co-researcher), Selman, A. D. (Co-researcher), Nissen, S. B. (Co-researcher), Jeppesen, R. D. (Co-researcher), Beck, F. (Co-researcher), Klitgaard, A. (Co-researcher), Svendsen, J.-E. (Co-researcher), Nielsen, J. H. (Co-researcher), Iftikhar, N. (Co-researcher), Nordbjerg, F. E. (Co-researcher), Vollesen, J. H. (Co-researcher), Kristensen, J. M. (Co-researcher), Knap, R. C. (Co-researcher), Christiansen, T. M. (Co-researcher), Rafn, M. (Co-researcher), Vollstedt, P. (Co-researcher), Bruun, C. (Co-researcher), Larsen, J. B. (Co-researcher), Ertmann, J. (Co-researcher), Høgstad, H. H. H. (Co-researcher), Lauridsen, H. (Co-researcher), Valbak-Andersen, C. (Co-researcher), Andersen, M. (Co-researcher), Grøn, H. G. (Co-researcher), Ringtved, U. L. (Co-researcher), Vutborg, S. R. (Co-researcher), Gade, A. N. (Co-researcher), Gade, P. N. (Co-researcher), Basar, M. S. (Co-researcher) & Hansen, R. (Co-researcher)
01/12/15 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
Activities
- 1 Conference
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Arcom Conference 2017
Klitgaard, A. (Speaker), Jeppesen, R. D. (Paricipant) & Nissen, S. B. (Paricipant)
4 Sept 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference