Re: sociocultural-historical genesis of Vygotsky's theory

Judy Diamondstone (diamonju who-is-at rci.rutgers.edu)
13 Nov 1999 14:04:28 -0000

I have not been following all the rich & interesting conversation lately; I'm
trying to work my way backwards this a.m. -- doubt that I'll make it as far
as I wish to -- I hope my q. isn't made moot by the previous exchange:

Nate wrote

One example from Rogoff's manuscript on guided
>participation, a mother responds to her daugter playing with an object
>(doll) "is that the eyes, did you kiss the baby". Its a nice example of
>appropriation in that a certain intersubjectivity is involved between
>mother and daughter, yet it also is about appropriating gender roles.
>Without sounding too ironic is there much difference in having the girl
>internalize gender roles vs appropriating them.

Nate, do you see "appropriation" as what follows prolepsis (taking as
one's own, and "internalization" as what follows explicit instruction
(taking "in" as something one is SUPPOSED to do) --? [That seems like
an interesting probability but not a reliable distinction]

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