Hi,
In addition to Hutchins work on distributed cognition, it is definitely
worth reading Don's chapter on 'cognitive artifacts' and comparing both of
these with the mediating artifacts of activity theory and situated action
theory of Lucy Suchman:
- Don Norman (1991). Cognitive artifacts. In J. Carroll (Ed.) Designing
Interaction: Psychology at the Human-Computer Interface. Cambridge
University Press (pages 17-38)
-
- Nardi, B.A. (1996). Studying Context: A Comparison of Activity Theory,
Situated Action Models and Distributed Cognition. In: B.A. Nardi
(Ed). Context and Consciousnesses: Activity theory and Human-Computer
Interaction. MIT Press, Cambridge (Pages 35-51).
- Lucy Suchman (1987) Plans and Situated Actions: The Problem of
Human-Machine Communication. (Also 2007 edition)
My own ecological cognition model takes bits and pieces of the above with
my own synthesis:
- Bishop, J. (2007) ‘Ecological Cognition: A New Dynamic for
Human-Computer Interaction’. In: B. Wallace, A. Ross, J. Davies & T.
Anderson (eds.). The Mind, the Body and the World: Psychology after
Cognitivism. Imprint Academic: Exeter, pp. 327-345.
- Bishop, J. (2007). Increasing participation in online communities: A
framework for human-computer interaction. Computers in Human Behavior,
23(4), 1881-1893.
I recommend others do the same - form their own truth tailored to their own
research needs based on established texts like these.
I've heard of PhD examiners who will fail candidates if they haven't
developed their own meta/grand narrative.
Regards,
Jonathan Bishop
On 18 September 2014 19:02, Don Norman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Um, some historical facts.
>
> "Cognition in the wild" is not from Paul Dourish, it is from Ed Hutchins
> and his book:
>
> Hutchins, E. (1995). *Cognition in the wild*. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
>
> (I think he got the term from Aaron Cicourel, but that is another story. I
> don't think Aaron ever published that.)
>
> The comment by Carlos that:
>
> I think you are talking about Hutchins' theory of distributed cognition,
> which AFAIK he left underdeveloped, but Nersessian picked that up and
> developed it further.
>
> I find Nersessian (Nancy J) more interesting, and undoubtedly much more
> prolific.
>
>
> simply demonstrates how difficult it is for people in one discipline to
> keep in touch with work in other disciplines. Ed's book (above) has been
> very influential and here are two extremely influential papers that most
> designers wouldn't be aware of:
>
> Hollan, J. D., Hutchins, E., & Kirsh, D. (2000). Distributed Cognition: A
> New Foundation for Human-Computer Interaction Research. *ACM Transactions
> on Human-Computer Interaction: Special Issue on Human-Computer Interaction
> in the New Millennium, 7*(2), 174-196.
>
> Hutchins, E. (1995). How the Cockpit Remembers its Speed. *Cognitive
> Science, 19*, 265-288.
>
>
> Don
>
>
> Don Norman
> Director, DesignLab, UC San Diego: Think Observe Make
> Prof. Emeritus Cognitive Science & Psychology, UCSD
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