This paper contextualizes in Ergonomic Work Analysis (EWA) the concerns of researchers in the field of ergonomics regarding the scientific recognition of research methods in their work. Based on these concerns and a review of the characteristic activity of research, a theoretical analysis is undertaken of the symbiosis between this method of research and EWA, and of how this contribution to knowledge generated in EWA may have facilitated its scientific recognition among peers of the areas of knowledge that ergonomics permeates.
Activity ergonomics; Research; Science
