Towards a pluralistic epistemology: understanding the future of human technology interactions in shipping

The rapid advance of technologies is revolutionizing the way people work and transforming society into a digital world. In the shipping domain, many innovative technical systems have been designed and developed in the past decades, aiming to enable the maritime users to achieve the goal of safety, efficiency and effectiveness. The introduction of advanced technologies into workplaces that are intended to aid humans have also created unprecedented challenges. As their workplaces are inundated with new artefacts that cause confusion and information overloading, human users frequently find themselves in a supporting role to serve technology, being responsible for automation issues and blamed for “human errors” that sometimes result in tragic results. Today’s work in shipping is generally getting more distributed, complex and demanding. These challenges are closely associated with the design and use of technologies. Human-technology interactions in the context of sociotechnical systems has become an important research topic. It explores the relation between humans and machines to illustrate how interface design could address the human limitations, shape social interactions and provide ecological implications. This thesis considers the context of the shipping domain to investigate the impact of innovative technology, design issues and opportunities in various projects that attempt to increase safety or/and efficiency. The exploration and discourse in these applied projects are positioned in sociotechnical systems which include human, technology and organisational constituents. The thesis aims to achieve a deeper understanding of human-technology interactions from psychological, sociological and ecological perspectives, reflecting the ways in which technology interacts with humans. It aims to form a pluralistic epistemology to provide design implications and enlighten knowledge and organisational management within sociotechnical systems.

• Record URL:
  https://research.chalmers.se/publication/512220
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• Authors:
  • Man, Yemao
• Publication Date: 2019

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 111p
• Serial:
  • Doktorsavhandlingar vid Chalmers tekniska högskola. Ny serie
  • Issue Number: 4607
  • Publisher: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
  • ISSN: 0346-718X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Behavior; Ergonomics; Human machine systems; Route guidance; Ships; Theses; Water transportation
• ITRD Terms: 3882: Automation; 9001: Behaviour; 2029: Ergonomics; 8621: Human machine interface; 1198: Maritime transport; 8771: Navigation (route); 1248: Ship; 8597: Thesis
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01751373
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• ISBN: 9789179051402
• Files: ITRD, VTI
• Created Date: Sep 8 2020 2:36PM