2 A Genre Approach to Applying Critical Social Theory to Information Systems Development Tero Päivärinta Information Technology Research Institute University of Jyväskylä, Finland PO.Box 35 40351 Jyväskylä, Finland phone: +358 14 603 038 fax: +358 14 602 544 email: tero.paivarinta@titu.jyu.fi Stream: Information Technology and Critical Theory