More on the definition of "boundary object"
The very first episode of Oddly Influenced was about Star & Griesemer's idea of "boundary objects." That's proven to be a fairly hard concept to pin down, and I did at best an average job. Fortunately, I'm rereading Étienne Wenger's book Communities of Practice to prepare for episode 21, and he adds some useful words. A difficulty with the boundary object idea is that it's tied up with "meaning," not the most self-explanatory word.