ABSTRACT
In this chapter we characterise cross-disciplinary boundary work in an authentic engineering design situation in terms of language, roles, and structures. The analysis emerged inductively from participants’ words and actions. Five examples are provided to describe, firstly, different boundary work practices including the nature of boundaries, how boundaries emerged and how they were navigated; and secondly, different cross-disciplinary and disciplinary practices. Implications are discussed regarding social processes in design, the relationship between considerations of use and different cross-disciplinary practices, co-evolutionary and transformative processes in design, and facilitating cross-disciplinary practices and work environments.
