Tool use and collaborative work of dock assembly in practice

• In order to deepen the understanding of the intrinsic interactions andinterplay between humans, tools, and environment from a systemsperspective, research in the wild (RITW) approaches have gainedtraction during recent decades as they provide a higher ecologicalvalidity of findings. This paper presents a RITW study, investigatinghow assembly, in this case dock assembly of forwarders, was donein practice. As our theoretical foundation, we used the framework ofdistributed cognition, which is one of the main pillars of RITW. Thefindings are presented in narrative form, describing and highlightingthat the workers achieve an efficient production outcome by beingintegral parts of the whole production process and doing so throughcoordination of activities benefitting the shared goal of the distributedsocio-technical system.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

DCog

dock assembly

human factors & ergonomics

embodiment

tool use

User Centred Product Design

Användarcentrerad produktdesign

Interaction Lab (ILAB)

Interaction Lab (ILAB)

INF202 Virtual Ergonomics

INF202 Virtual Ergonomics

INF302 Autonomous Intelligent Systems

INF302 Autonoma intelligenta system

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)