someone recently posted, asking if he was in the right place, so to
speak, as he was interested in Activity Theory in relation to his research
interests,
and i thought this might be an opportunity
to
remember that the beauty of this list has always been the eclectic quality
of discussion,
not the specialization of a discipline in social science methodologies,
or Activity Theory.
there are many different kinds of scholars who subscribe to this list, or
rather, there USED to be, although the trends of late seem to have
narrowed substantially,
and, i might add, to the dismay of some of us more eclectic readers and
writers.
i realize that people change things, that is, things don't change - people
change (Thoreau said that, not me, although i did just say it, i learned
it from Thoreau)
and so i wonder if the people here have really changed so much???
or have they left this list and started up a new and more eclectic site
for more open-ended/open-minded
discussions and questions, as opposed to the pontificating and
statement/claim making
that dominates what used to be a discussion-list (a discussion list is
where people discuss things, and ideas, and ask questions, and get all
responses, and conversations go on, and that sort of thing...) ?
i mean, if this list is now the official non-humour Activity Theory site,
i'd like to suggest that those of us who are not humourless Activity
Theorists
start up a site more akin to what drew us all here in the first place, -
the diversity and
interested discussions, the questions, and the alternative responses,
the bunny stories,
and the self-deprecating humour, and so on, ....
anyone "getting" me on this? or am i the last woman standing in this
corner of the field?
diane
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:point where everything listens.
and i slow down, learning how to
enter - implicate and unspoken (still) heart-of-the-world.
(Daphne Marlatt, "Coming to you")
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diane celia hodges
university of british columbia, centre for the study of curriculum and
instruction
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university of colorado, denver, school of education
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