Intellectual roots of AT
Martin Ryder (mryder who-is-at carbon.cudenver.edu)
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 18:34:08 -0600 (MDT)
When we define the field of Activity Theory, we typically
describe its Russian intellectual roots in Vygotsky, Luria
and Leont'ev. But some writers, including Birger Hjrland
(Information Seeking and Subject Representation: An
Activity-Theoretical Approach to Information Science.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997) credit American
pragmatic influences, specifically that of John Dewey.
I would be curious to know if anyone here can cite some
obvious examples of Deweyan influences in the Russian
lineage of AT.
Martin R.