Lucy Suchman’s Impact in Reshaping Usability
Janette Olmiala
Lucy Suchman began her research at Xerox PARC, observing how people interacted with new office technologies. She witnessed the shortcomings of systems that failed to integrate into existing workflows and…
Lucy Suchman and contributions to Technology in real world usage
Grace Cao
Lucy Suchman’s dedication as an anthropologist and researcher towards the relationship between technologies’ abstract models that idealize the user’s interaction with a system with the real world user’s realistic interaction…
Lucy A. Suchman’s views on human-machine interaction
Dave Zheng
The article presents Lucy A. Suchman’s view that interactions between humans and machines occur in specific contexts, rather than unfolding in a pre-programmed, step-by-step manner as if following a predetermined…
From Machines to Humanity: Lucy Suchman’s Impact on Designing Technology with People in Mind
Hannah He
Lucy Suchman change the way we understand technology we design because her works beliefs in understanding technology in social and cultural contexts. In other words, there is a link between…
Technology Use In Its Situated Context: Lucy Suchman’s Impact On the Field of Human-computer Interaction
Lynn Lin
Lucy Suchman’s contribution to the field of interaction design has been to provide many designers since then with a way to evaluate the effectiveness of technology, such as flexibility, user-centered,…
Designing with the User in Mind: Integrating Insights from the Xerox Star and Lucy Suchman
Ziqi Zhang
Reflecting on the development of the Xerox “Star” system, I’m inspired by its role in shaping human-computer interaction (HCI) and making technology more accessible. This history sets the stage for…