mary
you could contact hannele kerosuo at the finnish center for acitivty theory
and developmetal research. she is writing her dissertation on developental
interventions in/between healthcare centers and a university hospital.
tiina kontinen is writing her dissertation on ngo activity between tansania
and finland, her specialty is developmental studies.
the e-mail addresses are
hannele.kerosuo@helsinki.fi
tiina.kontinen@helsinki.fi
greetings from helsinki
merja
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Merja Helle
Researcher
Center for Activity Theory
Box 47
00140 University of Helsinki
Finland
e-mail:merja.helle@helsinki.fi
phone 358-(0)50-4485 111
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary VanDerRiet [mailto:VanDerRiet@nu.ac.za]
> Sent: 9. joulukuuta 2002 10:19
> To: <xmca
> Subject: activity theory applications
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> I am interested in drawing together a list of articles which use
> activity theory as a framework. I notice that Helena Worthen's
> article is archived on xmca, but I wondered if there are other
> examples that I don't know about. As a novice activity theory
> user, it often helps to have examples of these applications to
> help one think through the theory.
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> I am also interested in two particular areas of application which
> I have not seen any evidence of:
> * activity theory as used in health behaviour interventions (for
> example, in South Africa, a key issue is HIV/Aids intervention
> and prevention. Activity theory provides a way of examining
> mediators of what is usually seen as primarily 'individual' action)
> * activity theory as used in understanding the process of
> bringing about social change (for example, in rural areas in
> South AFrica, many socio-economic interventions are made and
> often fail; I am interested in how can one draw from activity
> theory as a frame for understanding the contradictions and
> tensions in particular systems in these contexts which obstruct
> change and transformation)
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> Any comments and or suggestions would be welcome
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> Mary van der Riet
> University of Natal, South Africa
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