Re: [xmca] review article recommendation request

From: Phil Chappell (philchappell@mac.com)
Date: Tue Oct 17 2006 - 07:11:01 PDT


Amateur #7 stepping onto the floor - Valerie, the conference you are
arranging sounds very, very interesting. Jenny, I think many of the
amateurs as well as the non-amateurs would have an issue with the
clause complexes you wrote below, but nevertheless....:

Jenny wrote:
I'm thinking not so much about the fact that we interact with one
another to get tasks accomplished/problems solved or that we use
culturally/socially constructed tools to mediate our thinking such as
what is typically found in distributed cognition or situated
cognition, but about more social/interpersonal aspects such social
positioning, identity, status, power, roles, etc on cognitive
processes such as problem solving or accomplishing goals.
Specifically, a review article on what research has been done in
terms of how our social place in the world affects our reasoning/
problem solving/higher-order cognitive processes.

In unpacking the above, perhaps revealed is an interest in the more
conventional social class issues - ??? Also the hidden power
relations in the un-problematised interactions between experts and
novices?? And the work of Basil Bernstein lies dormant for those of
us interested in the political issues you raise. That might help vis-
a-vis "cognition versus engagement".

What do you think?

Regards,

Phil

On 17/10/2006, at 4:54 PM, Valerie Farnsworth wrote:

> Hi Jenny,
> I'd count myself as an amateur - having only recently finished the
> PhD and being a new member of xmca (so not corrupted yet by myths).
>
> My sense is that the question you raise is at the heart of a lot of
> work people in socio-cultural and Activity Theory are doing -- it's
> the up-and-coming, hot topic. So, I'd say there is a lot to still
> work out in this research area -- theoretically and empirically --
> and engagement is a good place to start, since you can't separate
> that from cognition (can you?).
>
> My humble suggestion would be to check out the papers/authors who
> presented at the 2005 ISCAR conference, which went by the theme
> 'Acting in changing worlds: learning, communication and minds in
> intercultural activities':
>
> http://alojamientos.us.es/glabahum/ISCAR2005/
>
> Also, in my new position (there is hope after graduation!) at the
> University of Manchester, I am at the beginning stages of
> organizing a conference for next September, which will have the
> theme: Theory, Identity and Learning. The folks I work with here
> organized a conference in 2005 as well and some of those papers are
> still online:
>
> http://www.lta.education.manchester.ac.uk/sctig/overview.htm
>
> Best wishes,
> Valerie Farnsworth
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-
> bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Cole
> Sent: 17 October 2006 03:54
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Subject: Re: [xmca] review article recommendation request
>
> Hah! It is Jenny to whom I need to write (since all the experts
> around here
> are busy, amateurs step in).
> So that highlights the importance of Sapir's idea which appear to
> apply
> especially to the internet: systems leak.
> bless em
> mike
>
> On 10/16/06, Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Indigo!
>>
>> What a gift your message has been. It has debunked a myth and
>> brought a
>> lurker
>> back onto the screen!!
>>
>> Myth 1: Status matters in who gets to post. BS. It never ceases to
>> amaze
>> me how often people inscribe their
>> hated and misbegotten feelings of second class hood (for reasons
>> of levels
>> of education, number of years working in the
>> field, language expertise in English, sexual orientation, option
>> of the
>> quality of Dewey;s writings-- you name IT!! Its 99.9 %
>> self abasement. Bless you for seeking information. Had I known
>> that the 25
>> people on xmca very well qualified to help you
>> out would not respond, and had I not abhored my own overextended
>> voice in
>> this medium, I would have responded, and will
>> to you sans xmca.
>>
>> As to the lurker? (quiet, I will not name him)
>>
>> direct response to my provisinal quick answer to your email.
>> Dispense with
>> it as you like.
>> mike
>>
>> On 10/16/06, Diane Hodges <info@bramblehouse.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Well Indigo, looks like you're a grown up now too, doesn't it. I
>>> will
>>> now be
>>> in awe of _you_.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Diane
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Diane Hodges
>>> Maison Bramble House
>>> 19 Valois Bay Avenue
>>> Pointe Claire, QC H9R 3Z2
>>> Tel: 514.630.6363
>>> Fax: 514.344.2994
>>> www.bramblehouse.net
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-
>>> bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Indigo Esmonde
>>> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 6:14 PM
>>> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>>> Subject: Re: [xmca] review article recommendation request
>>>
>>> well, aren't you the grown-up sending email to the xmca list!!! i'm
>>> in awe of you!
>>> indigo
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:08 AM, jmgdo@berkeley.edu wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello XMCA,
>>>>
>>>> Might someone recommend a good review article of social
>>>> processes in
>>>> cognitive science? If not a review article, then any pointers
>>>> on whose work
>>>> is in
>>>> this general area is just as helpful. I've been reading related
>>>> work
>>>> (mainly how these social positional factors affect engagement,
>>>> but not
>>>> cognition per se), but want to make sure I'm not missing some
>>>> group of
>>>> scholars that I don't yet know about.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Jenny Langer-Osuna
>>>> doctoral candidate, UC Berkeley
>>>>
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>>> Indigo Esmonde
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>>> Learning in Informal and Formal Environments (LIFE) Center
>>> Wallenberg Hall
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>>> esmonde@stanford.edu
>>>
>>>
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