van Winsen, R., Henriqson, E., Schuler, B., Dekker, S.W.A.
Situation awareness: some conditions of possibility
(2014) Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Published online Feb 2014
Abstract
Situation awareness (SA) has become a ubiquitous object of knowledge in our discourses of human performance and accident explanation. Based on Michel Foucault’s archaeological approach, in this paper, we examine SA by mapping the ‘conditions of possibility’ for this object to emerge. By highlighting the logic that SA builds upon, the political need that it intends to address, and the knowledges that delimitate it in its constitution, we aim to display the contingent nature of this object. Ultimately, we argue that as a discursive object, SA has effects.
Author Keywords
archaeology; conditions of possibility; Foucault; human factors; situation awareness
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