Research Most of my research projects have three components: a theory called Distributed Cognition, a method called Cognitive Ethnography, and a subject matter activity system. Over the years I have explored the nature of cognition in the activity systems shown below.
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| Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea Social Science Research Council: 1975-1976 |
STEAMER: Steam Propulsion Training US Navy: 1980 - 1985 |
Navigation Sloan Foundation: 1978 - 1980 & US Navy: 1980 - 1985 |
Aviation NASA/Boeing: 1989 - Present |
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| Computational Simulations of Cultural Processes NSF: 1990-94 |
Nonhuman Primates Unfunded (so far) |
Scientific Practices NSF: 2007 - |
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Overview publications: Hutchins E. Cognitive artifacts. The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences, RA Wilson & FC Keil (eds), Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, pp 126-128, 1999. Hollan J. D., Hutchins E. & D. Kirsh. Distributed cognition: toward a new foundation for human-computer interaction research. ACM Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction: Special Issue on Human-Computer Interaction in the New Millenium. Volume 7, No2. pp 174-196, June 2000. Hutchins E. Distributed cognition. In: The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, pp 2068-2072, 2001. Hutchins E. Material anchors for conceptual blends. Journal of Pragmatics. 37:1555-1577, 2005. Hutchins, E. (in press) Cognitive Ecology. Topics in Cognitive Science. Bender, A., Hutchins, E. & Medin, D. (in press) Anthropology in Cognitive Science. Topics in Cognitive Science.
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