In _CP_, Mike cites Karniloff-Smith to suggest a different
way of thinking about re-mediation:
"iteratively re-presenting in different representational
formats what its (the mind's) internal representations represent."
If we replace 'representations' with 'genre,' we get for remediation
something like, "iteratively re-performing in different situational
contexts what the enminded body knows."
I'm not sure what this "does" for us, other than remind us of the
constituents of The Generic: persons, situations, and historical
practices. It also vitiates against the in-the-head view of
cognition. But then I wonder if it might do any good to keep
operative the distinction between declarative (representational?)
and procedural (practical) knowledge. With such a distinction in
view, any "genre" would be instantiated in both knowing that
(such and such components need to be included in this act) and
knowing how (what the enminded body knows to do).
[I am assuming in either case the tool-ish nature of genres/scripts.]
Judy
At 08:53 AM 11/15/97, you wrote:
>As I understand Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, it would not
>accommodate the view that scripts reside strictly within the head. Mike
>takes this up in Cultural Psychology--see pp. 124-131 where he develops the
>idea that scripts and schemas are secondary cultural artifacts that
>"partake of both the ideal and the material; they are materialized and
>idealized (reified) in the artifacts that mediate peoples' joint
>activities."
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>At 04:04 PM 11/14/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>David,
>>
>>Well, first of all, a script is an entity that resides entirely in the
>>head, is it not? Whereas a genre would seem involve persons, environments,
>>and interactions between them.
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