Slideshow Transcript

1. Slide 1: ASIS&T IA Summit Pre- Conference | asis@asis.org Global Information Architecture Workshop. Peter Van Dijck – April 11, 2008.
2. Slide 2: Today 1. Introduction. 2. Categories are cultural. 3. What happens when classifications go global? 4. Classifying people & work. 5. Developing locales. 6. Break. 7. Locale switcher. 8. Global gateway. 9. Content availability indicator. 10. Alphabetical order. 11. Translating taxonomies. 12. Intercultural user research. (tag: globalia)
3. Slide 3: What is culture? 1. Culture comes in layers: 1. Visible products of culture. (symbols, laws, products, practices, …) 2. Values and norms, that become invisible. 2. Culture shows up at different levels – Countries, regions – Generations – Gender – Social class – Prof