Lucy Suchman

Lucy Suchman is Professor of Science and Technology Anthropology at the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University in the UK. From 1979 to 2001 she worked at Xerox PARC as Principal Scientist and Manager of the Research Group Work Practice and Technology .

research

Suchman describes in Plans and Situated Actions (1987) that people do not solve problems primarily through the execution of plans . Instead, plans are one of several resources that people use in their actions. The analyzes in Plans and Situated Actions are ethnomethodologically based. The work ensured in cognitive science that context was seen as an important factor in problem solving.

Suchman's research into working practice e.g. B. by air traffic controllers and office workers served as the basis for ethnographically informed design decisions for computer systems. Her current research deals with robotics and remote control in weapons technology.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c "Professor Lucy Suchman" . Lancaster University .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Beth Adelson: Bringing considerations of situated action to bear on the paradigm of cognitive modeling: the 2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal in computer and cognitive science presented to Lucy Suchman . In: Journal of the Franklin Institute (= Special Issue on the Work and Creative Processes of the 2002 Franklin Institute Laureates ). tape 340 , no. 3 , May 1, 2003, ISSN 0016-0032 , p. 283-292 , doi : 10.1016 / S0016-0032 (03) 00046-2 .
^ Suchman, Alice: Plans and situated actions: the problem of human-machine communication . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1987, ISBN 0-521-33137-4 .
↑ ^a ^b Wes Sharrock, Graham Button: Plans and Situated Action Ten Years On . In: Journal of the Learning Sciences . tape 12 , no. 2 , April 1, 2003, ISSN 1050-8406 , p. 259-264 , doi : 10.1207 / S15327809JLS1202_5 .

personal data
SURNAME	Suchman, Lucy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Suchman, Lucille Alice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Anthropologist
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century

[Suchman-1] "Professor Lucy Suchman" . Lancaster University .

[Adelson-2] Beth Adelson: Bringing considerations of situated action to bear on the paradigm of cognitive modeling: the 2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal in computer and cognitive science presented to Lucy Suchman . In: Journal of the Franklin Institute (= Special Issue on the Work and Creative Processes of the 2002 Franklin Institute Laureates ). tape 340 , no. 3 , May 1, 2003, ISSN 0016-0032 , p. 283-292 , doi : 10.1016 / S0016-0032 (03) 00046-2 .

[3] Suchman, Alice: Plans and situated actions: the problem of human-machine communication . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1987, ISBN 0-521-33137-4 .

[:0-4] Wes Sharrock, Graham Button: Plans and Situated Action Ten Years On . In: Journal of the Learning Sciences . tape 12 , no. 2 , April 1, 2003, ISSN 1050-8406 , p. 259-264 , doi : 10.1207 / S15327809JLS1202_5 .