CoSocial Reading Group: Intros for Lucy Suchman and plan

​Kicking off the forth edition of our reading group with Social.coop. Let’s read a book together over 3-4 sessions this winter! ❄️

​What we're reading : Lucy Suchman Essays / Human-Machine Reconfigurations

​How we'll read it

​Session 1 (Shon / Dawn)

• ​Suchman, L. (1993). Do categories have politics?. Do categories have politics? | Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) (could be fun to read with Winner’s “Do artifacts have politics?”)

• ​Suchman, L. (2002). “Located accountabilities in technology production,” "Located accountabilities in technology production" by Lucy Suchman

​Proposal for the rest
Session 2: FEB

• ​Human-machine reconfigurations : plans and situated actions. First third (pg 1-84) but focused on 2 chapters

​Session 3: MAR

• ​Human-machine reconfigurations. Second third (pg 85-175) but we’ll again pick two chapters

​Session 4: APR

• ​Human-machine reconfigurations. Last third (pg 176-186) with a focus on two chapters

​Thread with full reading plan and notes on our Members' forum: https://members.cosocial.ca/t/winter-2026-reading-group-lucy-suchman-essays-human-machine-reconfigurations/770