Studying context: a comparison of activity theory, situated action models, and distributed cognition
Context and consciousness
Activity theory, cognitive ergonomics and distributed cognition: three views of a transport company
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Understanding work and designing artefacts
Activity Theory and Distributed Cognition: Or What Does CSCW Need to DO with Theories?
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
A Distributed Cognition Based Tool for Information Trajectory Analysis
WI-IAT '11 Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conferences on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology - Volume 03
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Motivation -- Distributed Cognition (DCog) and Actor-Network Theory (ANT) are two related perspectives which can be adopted when studying the relationship between humans and artefacts in collaborative environments. Although these perspectives share similar principles, how these analyses complement each other is not well explored. This paper investigates how TITAN, an information trajectory analysis tool, can be used to gain new insights by bridging the analytical gap between them. Research approach -- This bridging can be achieved through the shared principles of generalised symmetry, information trajectories, actant associations and the ANT concept of punctualisation. Findings/Design -- We observed that while conceptual differences remain, a DCog analysis can provide a basis for a further ANT analysis when supported by TITAN. Originality/value -- While some research has discussed the similarities and differences between DCog and ANT, to the best of our knowledge, none has explored how to support the use of them together in practice. TITAN provides a new analytical perspective, which may benefit researchers who adopt DCog, ANT and other similar approaches. Take away message -- TITAN can provide a means to support a DCog analysis leading into an ANT analysis.