>
> Chuck-- By the time we get to Chapter 8, I am starting to ask the following
> question directly: Is it possible to develop a psychology that starts from
> an analysis of culturally organized activity not contrived by an experimenter.
>
> If we cannot do this, in what way is cultural-historical psychology also
> activity theory?
> mike
> >
Mike, I don't understand your point. Any analysis is contrived in
the sense that we choose what to observe, if when and how to
intervene, participate, etc. But maybe that's too obvious.
Given this inevitability, isn't research yet another cultural
historical activity whose norms interact with other cultural
practices? Research doesn't reveal, it provides an account based
upon some conventions agreed to by the community of practice.
Or have I got this wrong?
djc