Book Review: Lucy A. Suchman, Plans and Situated Actions: The Problem of Human-Machine Communication Export

@article{citeulike:1321939, abstract = {Lucy Suchman is an anthropologist at Xerox PARC. Her book, Plans and Situated Actions, is an ambitious attempt to build a bridge between the cultures of anthropology and AI by comparing the views that prevail in each of them concerning the nature of action. The sensibilities and backgrounds of these two fields are far enough apart that the bridge is necessarily long and occasionally tenuous. Even so, Plans and Situated Actions is clear and compelling enough to be of use to anyone who would like a look at what is available on the other side. It is also a book that repays several readings, such is the depth of the challenges and alternatives it offers to our ideas and practices in AI.}, author = {Agre, P. E.}, citeulike-article-id = {1321939}, comment = {Very helpful overview of the 1st edition of Lucy Suchman's book}, journal = {Artificial Intelligence}, keywords = {learningsciences, methods, organizations, research, review, situatedaction, social, suchman}, pages = {369--384}, posted-at = {2007-05-23 18:04:45}, priority = {0}, title = {Book Review: Lucy A. Suchman, Plans and Situated Actions: The Problem of Human-Machine Communication}, volume = {43}, year = {1990} }

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