Lave critiques Barker's "environmental determinism" in her book 'Cognition in Practice', while describing his contribution to understanding the role of physical settings in context.
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>mike, or whoever has the info,
>what is the reference information for Jean Lave's critique of Roger
>Barker?
>
>Thank you, Patricio.
>
>On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Mike Cole wrote:
>
>>
>> Like Bill, I was prompted to think of Roger Barker when Sonja posed the
>> question of boundaries vis a vis activities. Barker has been severely
>> criticised by Jean Lave, among others, for being too behavioristic. I
>> do not find this line of interpretation the most useful one in dealing with
>> his ideas. Rather, synomorphs are clearly not point for point closed
>> relations, but rather fluid and dynamic relations. The relative density
>> of interaction within and between presumed systems provides one way to think
>> about borders.
>> mike
>>
>
>Patricio S Calderon Internet:pcalderon@cuny.gc.edu
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