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Human Machine Symbiosis

The Foundations of Human-centred Systems Design

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Karamjit S. Gill

    1. SEAKE Centre, Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Brighton, Falmer, Brighton, UK

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Part of the book series: Human-centred Systems (HCS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. The Foundations of Human-centred Systems

    • Karamjit S. Gill
    Pages 1-68

  3. On Human-Machine Symbiosis

    • Mike Cooley
    Pages 69-100

  4. Rosenbrock’s Account of Causality and Purpose

    • Satinder P. Gill
    Pages 101-142

  5. Culture, Mind and Technology: Making a Difference

    • Eunice McCarthy
    Pages 143-176

  6. The Social Construction of Human-centredness

    • Lars Qvortrup
    Pages 177-202

  7. Human-centred Methods of Social and Technical Design

    • Lauge Baungaard Rasmussen
    Pages 203-254

  8. Information Systems Design: a User-Involved Perspective

    • Siv Friis
    Pages 255-312

  9. Designing for Knowledge Transfer

    • Satinder P. Gill
    Pages 313-360

  10. Designing Practice-Based Learning Environments

    • Felix Schmid
    Pages 361-428

  11. Workplace Innovations: the Making of a Human-centred Industrial Culture

    • Francesco Garibaldo
    Pages 429-458

  12. Meanwhile, Out in the Real World: Developing a Commercial Human-centred Software Application

    • David Smith
    Pages 459-471

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 473-480
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About this book

There is now a serious discussion taking place about the moment at which human beings will be surpassed and replaced by the machine. On the one hand we are designing machines which embed more and more human intelligence, but at the same time we are in danger of becoming more and more like machines. In these circumstances, we all need to consider: • What can we do? • What should we do? • What are the alternatives of doing it? This book is about the human-centred alternative of designing systems and technologies. This alternative is rooted in the European tradition of human-centredness which emphasises the symbiosis of human capabilities and machine capacity. The human-centred tra­ dition celebrates the diversity of human skill and ingenuity and provides an alternative to the 'mechanistic' paradigm of 'one best way', the 'sameness of science' and the 'dream of the exact language'. This alternative vision has its origin in the founding European human-centred movements of the 1970s. These include the British movement of Socially Useful Technology, the Scandinavian move­ ment of Democratic Participation, and the German movement of Humanisation of Work and Technology. The present volume brings together various strands of human-centred systems philosophy which span the conceptual richness and cultural diversity of the human-centred movements. The core ideas of human-centredness include human-machine symbiosis, the tacit dimension of knowl­ edge, the system as a tool rather than a machine, dialogue, partici­ pation, social shaping and usability.

Editors and Affiliations

  • SEAKE Centre, Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Brighton, Falmer, Brighton, UK

    Karamjit S. Gill

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Machine Symbiosis

  • Book Subtitle: The Foundations of Human-centred Systems Design

  • Editors: Karamjit S. Gill

  • Series Title: Human-centred Systems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3247-9

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-76024-5Published: 26 July 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-3247-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-0856

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 480

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Philosophy of Technology

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