Winter 2026 Reading Group: Lucy Suchman Essays / Human-Machine Reconfigurations

Priming us for the fourth edition of our reading group with Social.coop. Let’s read over 4ish sessions over the winter :snowflake: !

We’ll aim to start end of January.

Book and Papers

Planning to start with 2 of:

Then turn the newer edition of her book:

Proposed Reading Plan

Session 1: JAN

  • 2 papers (tbd)

Session 2: FEB

  • Human-machine reconfigurations : plans and situated actions. First third (pg 1-84) but focused on 2 chapters

Session 3: MAR

  • Human-machine reconfigurations. Second third (pg 85-175) but we’ll again pick two chapters

Session 4: APR

  • Human-machine reconfigurations. Last third (pg 176-186) with a focus on two chapters
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