Re: genres in activity

Judy Diamondstone (diamonju who-is-at rci.rutgers.edu)
Sat, 13 Jul 1996 11:22:56 -0400

So many thanks to Phil Agre for revisiting David Russell's work
on genre theory. I am posting this as a placeholder, until I can
think more about his message. I know I will find David's work useful
in my graduate seminar, which next spring will address activity theory
more directly than this spring's seminar did, and it will be
of increasing importance in my project working with teachers on
improving pedagogies for expository writing. I am sorry not to
hear from David more on xmca (David? - hello?) It is much easier
for me to focus on local events & their artifacts than to
push my focus outward to other social locations. It's a way of
thinking/looking/planning that needs to be practiced.

Is Paul Prior still on this list? - he does related work.

- Judy

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Judy Diamondstone diamonju who-is-at rci.rutgers.edu
Graduate School of Education Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
10 Seminary Place New Brunswick, NJ 08903

Wise men [sic] see outlines, therefore they draw them - Wm. Blake