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RES: [xmca] Interface as tool and sign

Andy, this text dont have bibliography???

Joao 

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De: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] Em nome
de Andy Blunden
Enviada em: sexta-feira, 30 de abril de 2010 21:48
Para: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Assunto: Re: [xmca] Interface as tool and sign

Although Vygotsky definitely did talk about "tool and sign" 
as though there was a dichtomy here, this was in the days 
before personal computers and so on. I see these as 
archetypes, not categories as such. Consider the following 
series of cultural means of opening a door: crow-bar, 
handle, key, swipe card, PIN code, password, smile to the 
doorkeeper.

See http://home.mira.net/~andy/works/vygotskys-critique.htm

Andy

Jon Olav H. Eikenes wrote:
> Dear XMCA
> 
> I am currently doing research on (human-computer) interfaces and try
> to analyze them as mediating artifacts. By drawing on social semiotics
> I see the interface as a 'sign' - a multimodal text that employs
> semiotic resources for making meaning. However, I also see the
> interface as a tool or instrument for people in carrying out actions
> (such as producing music or writing documents) - by drawing on
> Vygotsky and Leont'ev. Jay Lemke mentioned to me that there already
> have been discussions in XMCA about the differences and similarities
> of tools and signs. I have consulted the archives and found many
> interesting references. However, I wonder if anyone know any
> literature that addresses how something may function both as sign and
> as tool at the same time.
> 
> Jon Olav
> _________________________________
> Jon Olav Eikenes
> PhD student
> www.navimationresearch.net
> Oslo School of Architecture and Design
> www.aho.no
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