It starts from the place and the context of your “current address,” where you have
your own field of expertise and a certain track record. When crossing the context of
yourself, you encounter various places and contexts, or thrust your head and enter
new contexts. This is called “cross border participation” or “contextualization,”
because first you jump over and cross borders to capture new contexts.
Next, you reflect on the new places and contexts you encountered. Naturally, the
“Ba” varies and contexts are different from the original “current address.” While
enjoying a sense of incongruity as well as the difference, you introspect the strange,
fresh, and surprising “Ba” and context; this reminiscence is called “recontextualization.”
Next, you share the introspective context with the new “Ba” and the people in the
context. In other words, it is called “socialization.” Those who cross the border
usually go across the border alone, but they make friends at the place they travel and
share with them the events they reflect on. This point of acting on the context is
called “co-contextualization.”
The next action is “objectification.” By objectification one can create a generalpurpose solution that can be used beyond such special “Ba” while serving in the
context of embedded “Ba.” “Decontextualization” is the refinement of new discoveries, novel business practices, and unique theories by deviating from the original
context.
In the “Ba” of a workplace, there is a potential for generalization in problemsolving methods. For example, a certain researcher provides generality to a theory of
research and development activities in his or her own work and presents it as an
academic dissertation; this is de-contextualization. Trans-contextualization provides
an opportunity for transition learning, which means to translate, bridge, and adapt a
model learned in one area or “Ba” to another.
Thus, the innovator bridges the diverse contexts with the “Ba” to create a new
value and share it with those who share the context with the “Ba.”
4 Innovation in Informatics
Innovation has a profound effect on people’s lives, various communities, business
activities, and medical practices in medical institutions. At the same time, if the same
word repetition is allowed, innovation has a great impact on the style of innovation.
We attempt to accurately capture the vision of innovation that is emerging in the
current and near-future informatics field. To that end, it is necessary to closely see
how ICT solutions, which are closely related to informatics, have changed or
evolved during the past half century (Table 1).
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your own field of expertise and a certain track record. When crossing the context of
yourself, you encounter various places and contexts, or thrust your head and enter
new contexts. This is called “cross border participation” or “contextualization,”
because first you jump over and cross borders to capture new contexts.
Next, you reflect on the new places and contexts you encountered. Naturally, the
“Ba” varies and contexts are different from the original “current address.” While
enjoying a sense of incongruity as well as the difference, you introspect the strange,
fresh, and surprising “Ba” and context; this reminiscence is called “recontextualization.”
Next, you share the introspective context with the new “Ba” and the people in the
context. In other words, it is called “socialization.” Those who cross the border
usually go across the border alone, but they make friends at the place they travel and
share with them the events they reflect on. This point of acting on the context is
called “co-contextualization.”
The next action is “objectification.” By objectification one can create a generalpurpose solution that can be used beyond such special “Ba” while serving in the
context of embedded “Ba.” “Decontextualization” is the refinement of new discoveries, novel business practices, and unique theories by deviating from the original
context.
In the “Ba” of a workplace, there is a potential for generalization in problemsolving methods. For example, a certain researcher provides generality to a theory of
research and development activities in his or her own work and presents it as an
academic dissertation; this is de-contextualization. Trans-contextualization provides
an opportunity for transition learning, which means to translate, bridge, and adapt a
model learned in one area or “Ba” to another.
Thus, the innovator bridges the diverse contexts with the “Ba” to create a new
value and share it with those who share the context with the “Ba.”
4 Innovation in Informatics
Innovation has a profound effect on people’s lives, various communities, business
activities, and medical practices in medical institutions. At the same time, if the same
word repetition is allowed, innovation has a great impact on the style of innovation.
We attempt to accurately capture the vision of innovation that is emerging in the
current and near-future informatics field. To that end, it is necessary to closely see
how ICT solutions, which are closely related to informatics, have changed or
evolved during the past half century (Table 1).
Innovation in Health Informatics
11