SGER: Collaborative Research: Knowledge Networks and Emerging Heterarchies in Rebuilding New York

这个合作的SGER研究项目汇集了两个研究领域，即异质性组织和知识网络，以调查参与曼哈顿下城重建的无数政府机构、民间协会、建筑和设计公司以及学者之间的协调。该项目将1)确定按部门区分的行为者和利益相关者的领域，2)识别和分析行为者和组织之间的现有联系，3)分析由不同行为者维护的现有网站，4)绘制现有网站的网络，以识别部门内部和部门之间的联盟，5)与确定为关键利益相关者的个人成员进行访谈，6)使用可视化制图工具绘制现有和潜在网络。7)追踪知识网络边界随时间的变化；8)部署IKNOW，这是一种基于社区的工具，使知识网络对从业者社区可见，以便在需要的时间和地点获得相关信息和见解；9)跟踪不同利益相关者对IKNOW的使用情况。这项研究将会有实际的和理论的结果。社区参与者将受益于新形式的技术，帮助他们更好地理解“谁知道什么？”和“谁知道谁知道什么？”研究人员将受益于对新兴的、涉及跨组织边界横向协调的、具有多种绩效标准和不同评估原则的、有价值的、有价值的分层结构的研究。

This collaborative SGER research project brings together two research areas, heterarchical organizations and knowledge networks, to investigate coordination among the myriad government agencies, civic associations, architectural and design firms and academics involved in the redevelopment of Lower Manhatten. The project will 1) identify the field of actors and stakeholders differentiated by sector, 2) identify and analyze existing ties among actors and organizations, 3) analyze existing web sites maintained by the diverse actors, 4) map the network of existing web sites to discern coalitions within and among sectors, 5) conduct interviews with individual members identified as key stakeholders, 6) map existing and potential networks using visual mapping tools, 7) trace the shifting boundaries of knowledge networks over time, 8) deploy IKNOW, a community-ware web-based tool that makes knowledge networks visible to communities of practitioners, so that relevant information and insights are available when and where they are needed, and 9) track the use of IKNOW by different stakeholders. This investigation will have practical and theoretical outcomes. The community participants will benefit from new forms of technology to help them better understand "Who knows what?" and "Who knows who knows what?" The researchers will benefit from access to an acute and timely setting for studying emerging heterarchical structures that involve lateral coordination across organizational boundaries with multiple performance criteria and diverse evaluative principles to assess what is worthy and valuable.