Computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) seeks to understand and refine the impact of technology on how groups work together. Irene Greif recounts how the field began in 1984 at a meeting stimulated by trends in distributed systems, networks and office automation.
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Greif, I. How we started CSCW. Nat Electron 2, 132 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-019-0229-y
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