Distributed sensemaking: A case study of military analysis

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dc.contributor.authorAttfield, Simon
dc.contributor.authorFields, Bob
dc.contributor.authorWheat, Ashley
dc.contributor.authorHutton, Rob
dc.contributor.authorNixon, Jim
dc.contributor.authorLeggatt, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorBlackford, Hannah
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-26T11:31:35Z
dc.date.available2017-09-26T11:31:35Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractSensemaking frequently involves the use of representations ‘in the world’ embodied within representational artefacts. However, theories of sensemaking tend not to engage with this issue in depth. Such an understanding, we propose, is important for supporting artefact design. This article develops a perspective on distributed sensemaking by taking as the unit of analysis an assembly of people and/or artefacts, potentially distributed physically, socially and over time rather than the mind of an individual sensemaker. Through an observational study of military analysts we explore how a sensemaking task can be understood in terms of the distribution of task-relevant representations across internal and external representations. We conclude that in sensemaking, as with many cognitive activities, the design and interactional properties of external representational media has a profound effect on the properties of the combined distributed sensemaking system.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationAttfield S, Fields B, Wheat A, Hutton R, Nixon J, Leggatt A, Blackford H, Distributed sensemaking: A case study of military analysis, Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making, 9-12 June 2015, McLean, VA, pp. 9-12en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://www2.mitre.org/public/ndm/papers/AttfieldFieldsWheatHUttonNixonLegattBlackford.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12548
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherMITRE Corporationen_UK
dc.rights©2015 The Authors. This is the Author Accepted Manuscript. The Authors retained copyright.
dc.subjectSensemakingen_UK
dc.subjectExternalized/embedded cognitionen_UK
dc.subjectMilitaryen_UK
dc.subjectDistributed cognitionen_UK
dc.subjectDistributed sensemakingen_UK
dc.titleDistributed sensemaking: A case study of military analysisen_UK
dc.typeConference paperen_UK

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