[Sigia-l] unemployed?

[Ashk, Adamya]

The issue of boundaries is one which exists in other fields as well. Take
for example, town planning and architecture. A history of both disciplines
will show that they intersect and practitioners of one have frequently been
from the other. In any case the definition of identity is part of a
necessary catharsis that any emerging field goes through, especially
something as eclectic as IA. 

What really excites me is that people involved in making web-sites happen
have begun to notice just such an amorphous 'need' that you mention. A
discipline or practice which 'ties it all together'. The exact nature of
this need varies between organizations but I don't think it will vanish
because other roles will fill the vacuum; that would have already happened,
don't you think?

Regards,

Adamya

-----Original Message-----
From: Ziya Oz [mailto:ZiyaOz at earthlink.net]

"Andrew Hinton" wrote:

> An ineffable combination of city planning, civil engineering, interior
design,
> organizational design, anthropology, group psychology, linguistics,
> information science and palm-reading.

I think the problem is that each one of those happens to be an *already*
established title and a job slot. Who needs an *additional* category so
amorphous and inclusive that its own practitioners cannot agree on its
boundaries? That IA principles are useful and the 'combination' (as you put
it) has a shot to survive, I think, is fairly well accepted. Can you say the
same thing about IA, the title?

Best,

Ziya