Lucy Suchman is Professor of Anthropology of Science and Technology in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University. Before coming to Lancaster, she held the positions of Principal Scientist and manager of the Work Practice and Technology area at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, obtaining her BA in 1972, MA in 1977 and a Doctorate in Social and Cultural Anthropology in 1984. Affiliations 1994 Group N8 Group Association of MBAs North West Universities Association Website http://www. ... Bold text // Headline text Link title This article is about the computer research center. ... Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ...

Research

Suchman's book,"Plans and Situated Actions: The Problem of Human-machine Communication" (1987), provided intellectual foundations for the field of human-computer interaction (HCI). She challenged common assumptions behind the design of interactive systems with a cogent anthropological argument that human action is constantly constructed and reconstructed from dynamic interactions with the material and social worlds. The theory of situated cognition emphasizes the importance of the environment as an integral part of the cognitive process. She has made fundamental contributions to ethnographic analysis, conversational analysis and Participatory Design techniques for the development of interactive computer systems. // Human–computer interaction (HCI), alternatively man-machine interaction (MMI) or computer–human interaction (CHI), is the study of interaction between people (users) and computers. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Situated cognition is a new movement in cognitive psychology which derives from pragmatism, Gibsonian ecological psychology, ethnomethodology, the theories of Vygotsky and the writings of Heidegger. ... The term cognition is used in several different loosely related ways. ...

Publications

• Lucy Suchman. Human-Machine Reconfigurations. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2007.
• Lucy Suchman. Plans and situated actions : the problem of human-machine communication. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1987.
• Lucy Suchman. Response to Vera and Simon's Situated Action: A Symbolic Interpretation. Cognitive Science, 17:71--75, 1993.
• 'Anthropology as 'Brand': Reflections on Corporate Anthropology' (2000)
• Located Accountabilities in Technology Production (2004)

Awards

1988 Xerox Corporate Research Group's Excellence in Science and Technology Award

2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science [1]

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See also

• Science studies
• Cognition
• Philosophy of mind

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External links

• website at Lancaster University