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

这一合作的SGER研究项目将两个研究领域--非政府组织和知识网络--结合在一起，以调查参与下曼哈腾重建的众多政府机构、公民协会、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攸关方领域，2)确定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图，以查明部门内部和部门之间的联盟，5)对被确定为关键利益攸关方的个别成员进行访谈，6)使用可视化绘图工具绘制现有和潜在的网络图，7)跟踪知识网络随时间变化的边界，8)部署IKnow，这是一个社区软件网络工具，使从业者社区可以看到知识网络，以便在需要时随时随地获得相关信息和见解，以及9)跟踪不同利益相关者对IKnow的使用情况。这项调查将会有实际和理论的结果。社区参与者将受益于新形式的技术，以帮助他们更好地理解“谁知道是什么？”和“谁知道谁知道什么？”研究人员将受益于获得一个敏锐和及时的环境，以研究新出现的异位制结构，这种结构涉及跨组织边界的横向协调，具有多种业绩标准和不同的评价原则，以评估什么是有价值的和有价值的。

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.