I've actually got a bunch of these articles, maybe a dozen or so. Next time I'm on the right computer, I'll send a listing, and would be happy to send a pdf version of any to interested parties. best,Peter
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>Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:03:13 -0700
>From: "deborah downing-wilson" <ddowningw@gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [xmca] From Kevin's paper to internal tension and conflict in activity systems
>To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
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>"Peter Smagorinsky has a good article on a student becoming a teacher, which
>uses chat, ..."
>
>Would someone please send me the full reference on that article?
>
>many thanks,
>
>deb
>
>
>On 7/25/06, bb <xmca-whoever@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Kevin,
>>
>> In reply to your question, here is something both short and long. On my
>> hard drive I've found an article by Engestrom that seems to go in the right
>> direction -- I actually dislike doing this because its really not a very
>> cohesive and personal response to you, but on the other hand the article
>> seems highly relevant and, having upgraded my workstation OS to fedora core
>> 5, getting it to talk correctly to an exchange server is taking up unplanned
>> time.
>>
>> Yrjo's work on tensions in multiple systems of activity is in his Learning
>> by Expanding, located somewhere on the MCA/lchc web site. Several years ago
>> I did a study which used his approach of historical analysis of multiple
>> systems, recognizing tensions in and between them to look at the
>> simaltaneous development of a person and her contexts. Peter Smagorinsky
>> has a good article on a student becoming a teacher, which uses chat, but
>> not, as I recall, with multiple systems. Peter's or Yrjo's article might
>> be a good place to extend discussion of the issues I think you raise in your
>> paper, although neither has the same focus on language that your paper
>> has. But then Gordon Wells has a couple articles on activity systems and
>> language, which might bridge the gap.
>>
>> bb
>>
>> bb
>>
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