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Summary
Summary
This book is a collection about cultural-historical activity theory as it has been developed and applied by Yrjö Engeström. The work of Engeström is both rooted in the legacy of Vygotsky and Leont'ev and focuses on current research concerns that are related to learning and development in work practices. His publications cross various disciplines and develop intermediate theoretical tools to deal with empirical questions. In this volume, Engeström's work is used as a springboard to reflect on the question of the use, appropriation, and further development of the classic heritage within activity theory. The book is structured as a discussion among senior scholars, including Y. Engeström himself. The work of the authors pushes on classical activity theory to address pressing issues and critical contradictions in local practices and larger social systems.
Table of Contents
| 1 Activity theory between historical engagement and future-making practiceAnnalisa Sannino and Harry Daniels and Kris Gutierrez |
| Part I Units of Analysis |
| 2 Cultural-historical activity theory and organization studiesFrank Blackler |
| 3 Uses of activity theory in written communication and researchDavid R. Russell |
| 4 On the inclusion of emotions, identity, and ethico-moral dimensions of actionsWolff-Michael Roth |
| Part II Mediation and Discourse |
| 5 Mediation as a means of changing collective activityVladislav A. Lektorsky |
| 6 Digital technology and mediation: a challenge to activity theoryGeorg R8ckriem |
| 7 Contextualizing social dilemmas in institutional practices: negotiating objects of activity in labour market organizations+sa M+kitalo and Roger S+lj_ |
| Part III Expansive Learning and Development |
| 8 The concept of development in cultural-historical activity theory: vertical and horizontalMichael Cole and Natalia Gajdamashko |
| 9 Two theories of organizational knowledge and creationJaakko Virkkunen |
| 10 Contradictions of high technology capitalism and the emergence of new forms of workReijo Miettinen |
| 11 Spinozic re-considerations on the concept of activity: politico-affective process and discursive practice in the transitive learningShuta Kagawa and Yuji Moro |
| Part IV Subjectivity, Agency, and Community |
| 12 From the systemic to the relational: relational agency and activity theoryAnne Edwards |
| 13 Expansive agency in multi-activity collaborationKatsuhiro Yamazumi |
| 14 The communicative construction of community: authority and organizingJames R. Taylor |
| 15 Research leadership: productive research communities and the integration of research fellowsSten Ludvigsen and Turi +wre Digernes |
| Part V Interventions |
| 16 Who is acting in an activity systemRitva Engestr_m |
| 17 Past experiences and recent challenges in participatory design researchSusanne B°dker |
| 18 Clinic of activity: the dialogue as instrumentYves Clot |
| 19 Epilogue: the future of activity theoryYrj_ Engestr_m |
