a good article to read

Peter Smagorinsky (psmagorinsky who-is-at ou.edu)
Tue, 03 Feb 1998 19:57:01

A little while back someone asked for suggestions on articles to read to
learn about activity theory. I just finished a good one:

Russell, D. R. (1997). Rethinking genre in school and society: An
activity theory analysis. Written Communication, 14, 504-554.

David synthesizes Engestrom's systems version of CHAT with Bazerman's
theory of genre systems to pose a framework for studying writing across
institutions. A good companion piece to the latest MCA edited by Russell
and Bazerman, which I hope to read before long.

Peter