Ref for Arne's historical connections

Bill Blanton (BLANTONWE who-is-at conrad.appstate.edu)
Thu, 02 May 1996 21:16:33 -0400 (EDT)

Earlier Mike mentioned a piece written by Arne Raeithel the
ancestory a CHAT. The reference is

Raeithel, A. (1991). Activity theory as a foundation for design.
In C. Floyd, H Zullighoven, R. Budde, & R. Keil (Eds.) Software
development and reality constrtuction (pp. 391-415). Berlin:
Springer-Verlag.

Judy, I found the chart of historical connections very helpful.
Arne also provides some discussion on a Marxist conception of
human activity, followed by five essential attributes of human
activity. The last section on epistemological implications of
the five attributes is very interesting reading. The reader gets
a different "feeling" about activity theory. I suppose this
comes from Arne's schooling in the early German influence. When
you read it , you will see what I mean.

Bill Blanton