{"id":977,"date":"2024-10-26T22:46:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T22:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/?p=977"},"modified":"2024-10-26T22:46:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T22:46:25","slug":"lucy-suchman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/silicon-age\/suchman\/lucy-suchman\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Suchman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Lucy Suchman revolutionized our understanding of human-technology interaction by emphasizing that technology&#8217;s effectiveness depends on real-world, context-specific use rather than pre-defined tasks. Her work, especially in <em>Plans and Situated Actions<\/em>, showed that human behavior is adaptive and unpredictable, challenging designers to focus on user contexts rather than fixed routines. Suchman\u2019s insights led to more flexible, user-centered design approaches, underscoring that successful technology must account for human variability and the complexities of everyday environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/shopping.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/shopping.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/shopping-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucy Suchman revolutionized our understanding of human-technology interaction by emphasizing that technology&#8217;s effectiveness depends on real-world, context-specific use rather than&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-suchman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":979,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977\/revisions\/979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}