Introduction
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1 Activity Theory and Human Computer Interaction
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2 Activity Theory as a Potential Framework for Human Computer Interaction Research
Kari Kuutti
3 Computer-Mediated Activity: Functional Organs in Social and Developmental Contexts
Victor Kaptelinin
4 Studying Context: A Comparison of Activity Theory, Situated Action Models and Distributed Cognition
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5 Activity Theory: Implications for Human Computer Interaction
Victor Kaptelinin
PART II: ACTIVITY THEORY IN PRACTICAL DESIGN
Introduction
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6 Designing Educational Technology: Computer-Mediated Change
Rachel Bellamy
7 Applying Activity Theory to Video Analysis: How to Make Sense of Video Data in HCI
Susanne Bødker
8 Tamed by a Rose: Computers as Tools in Human Activity
Ellen Christiansen
9 Joint Attention and Co-construction of Tasks: New Ways to Foster User-Designer Collaboration
Arne Raeithel and Boris Velichkovsky
10 Some Reflections on the Application of Activity Theory
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PART III: ACTIVITY THEORY: THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
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11 Activity Theory and the View from Somewhere: Team Perspectives on the
Intellectual Work of Programming
Dorothy Holland and James Reeves
12 Developing Activity Theory: The Zone of Proximal Development and Beyond
Vladimir P. Zinchenko
13 Mundane Tool or Object of Affection?: The Rise and Fall of the Postal Buddy
Yrjo Engeström and Virginia Escalante
14 Epilogue
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Contributors
Index
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