"I would argue that our actions do not achieve their meanings in and of
themselves, but rather in the context of a broader process of neogtiation.
By starting with practice as a context for the negotiation of meaning, I do
not assume that activities carry their own meanings. Thi si sone reason
that I will not take discrete activities, or even systems of activities, as
a fundamental unit of analysis. In this regard, theories based on practice
have a different ontological foundation than activity theory (Leont'ev,
'81; Wertsch, '85)."
Thanks,
Linda P.