I agree. An activity as this one, which takes the conceptual system of
activity theory as its object is a kind of "toolmaking" activity.
Or better: a production (and maintenance) of mediating artifacts. So we are
producing the means for our own continued discussion, but, of course also
concepts/symbols to be functional as mediating artifacts in other activity
systems of research and application in institutional transformation --
education, workplaces... whatever xmca participants are doing elsewhere.
Eva