Re: [xmca] Moscow Methodological Circle

[mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

Welcome to xmca, Viatcheslav. Its good to have your group as part of the
discussion.
mike

2012/4/9 Viatcheslav Maratcha <maratcha@yandex.ru>

> Dear colleagues,
>
> I was very inspired when reading about your interest in MMC work. Really
> it can be considered as modern continuation of Vygotsky Cultural-Historical
> Theory. But Vygotsky did not build Activity Theory. Cultural-Historical
> Theory was the Theory of Thinking. The First MMC Programme in 1950s was
> Logical Researches Programme also devoted to Studying of Thinking. And two
> kinds of Activity Theory in USSR were independently built by Leontiev
> (Psychological Activity Theory) and MMC (so-called "General Activity
> Theory" which was in essence System Theory, or "System-Activity Approach").
>
> I wanted to share with you the link to Schedrovitsky Foundation English
> page, but Christine has already done it.
> Also there are two Schedrovitsky papers translations made by Mike.
>
> It was very interesting co-incidence: only two days ago we spoke about
> Mike and his translations with Vitaly Dubrovsky. He is one of the oldest
> MMC member living in USA now. He told me about ISSS and the seminar at Hull
> University. I am sending him a copy of this letter.
>
> I add my Hull presentation about MMC in attachment.
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Viatcheslav
>
> 07.04.2012, 20:21, "Christine Schweighart" <schweighartc@gmail.com>:
>
> Thanks Mike I was just a little taken aback by the first pages in Russian
> -but here:
> http://www.fondgp.org/gp/biblio/eng
> http://www.fondgp.org/library/int
>
>  Viatcheslav Maratcha has recent work exploring the development of MMC. In
> particular the movement beyond 'thinking as  activity' in relation to
> developmental work.  Previous to this seminar I had no knowledge of the
> activity games movement - only a glimpse of 'game' in one Davydov paper
> looking at organisational learning which orchestrated reflection through
> games .
>  Christine
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 4:44 PM, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, check out the site. I did not read deeply, but there is English
> available there. I will try to dig up the SP pub.
> mike
>
> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Christine Schweighart <
> schweighartc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>  I recently met a researcher of this group - Viatcheslav Maratcha<http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002494228738>- presenting work at a seminar at Hull University in a very interesting
> seminar.
> He came to present there through his finding possibility of commonality
> of  interest appearing in multi-methodology work in the Systems Centre.
> Perhaps  Viatcheslav might be interested to communicate with this group.
>
> Is the resource at http://www.fondgp.ru/lib/int* available in English?
>
> Regards, Christine Schweighart
>
> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 4:04 PM, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There is, I believe, one translation of Schedrovitsky in *Soviet
> Psychology*many
>
> years ago. Its great to have access to this interesting group. I wonder if
> any dialogue
> is possible?
> mike
>
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:
>
> > Dmitry Davidoff just recommended me to this site:
> > http://www.fondgp.ru/lib/int*
> > *which is an archive of texts from the Moscow Methodological Circle.
> > People might find these texts of great interest in understanding the
> > directions of Vygotskyists in the wake of the fall of the USSR and today.
> >
> > Andy
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