The fabric of IS comes from the elements involved in both theory and practice and their diverse interpretations, manifestations and combinations. As our context becomes increasingly enmeshed in the myriad ramifications of globalization, the role of information in our societies and cultures becomes increasingly integral, complex and powerful. Papers discussing these theories and their epistemological and ontological foundations might address the changing paradigms of IS, views on the nature of information, the concept of metadata, or other related topics. A wide range of theoretical stances is welcome. Politics IS recognizes that information is not a pure element existing in a vacuum, but is shaped by diverse political, social and economic forces.
People IS has always been concerned with the interactions between people and information.
Papers in this area may explore long-standing concerns such as relevance determinations, information needs and information seeking behaviours, or they may draw on other fields to view diverse groups through such lenses as postcoloniality. Technologies IS has always had a strong focus on the technologies available for providing access to information. Papers in this section will focus on new developments and applications of existing and emerging technologies that might include neural networks, automatic classifiers and indexers, search engines, mark-up languages and other emergining developments in our technologized world. Systems Bringing together information, people and technologies in both theory and practice enables IS to create functional systems in diverse environments, locally and globally. Proposals with a clearly articulated theoretical grounding and methodology will be given precedence.