Cognitive Ethnography

Cognitive Science 102b Cognitive Ethnography Winter 2008
Assignment Schedule Project Guidelines	A View through the Cognitoscope
Professor Edwin Hutchins CSB Room 175 tel: 858-534-1134; fax: 858-822-2476 Office Hr: Tuesday 1:30 - 2:30
Gaston Cangiano CSB Room137 Office Hr: Tuesday 4 - 6 Kensy Cooperrider CSB Room 123. Office Hr: Monday 10 - noon	Maya Gross Office Hr: CSB 125 F 1-3 Navdeep Dhillon Office Hr: CSB 114 M 11 - 12, Th 10 - 11

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COURSE: COGNITIVE SCIENCE 102B, INSTRUCTOR(S): EDWIN HUTCHINS
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Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday from 11:00 am until 12:20 am in Center Hall Room 105

The main goal of this course is to equip students with the methodological tools required to understand the nature of cognitive processes in everyday activities. Students will observe and document cognition in real-world settings. The course also treats a number of theoretical issues including

how culture constructs the patterns of our activity and the meanings we attach to events
how the organization of the environment for action facilitates or interferes with cognitive work in general and information-based tasks in particular
how knowledge is created in social institutions and how humans are made smart by the use of artifacts and participation in social groups.

The required work for this course includes attendance at lectures, a set of readings, the completion of a number of projects and a final exam. Please consult the schedule of lecture topics, reading assignments, and project due dates. The projects will give you a chance to make careful observations in the real world.