[Sigia-l] The End of Big IA (was IA research?)

[Anne Miller]

Dan Saffer wrote:
"Splintered, or merely specialized? Or, dare I say it, correctly sorted  
into disciplines where deeper knowledge can be explored? Could this be  
the end of big IA (which as a term was pretty hubris-filled, as it  
seemed like other design fields were contained within the IA  
discipline"

It has always been the case that diversification is inversely related to
integration. That the more specialised a discipline/species/corporation
becomes, the less integrated it is, or rather the harder you have to work to
retain integration. 


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Dr Anne Miller
Program Coordinator, Human Factors Online
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Key Centre for Human Factors & Applied Cognitive Psychology
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