Carol-- Terrific syllabus for a course. Thanks.
Gordon-- Terrific tutorial on ITF-vs-IRE. But evaluation, in the sense
of interpretation by participants, must be ongoingly constituitive
of the joint activity, musn't it? I think this issue is related to
"value" embedded in and implemented by the mediational means we choose
use, raised in another thread.
Ueno-san-- I am still seeking a quiet time to sit with your recently
sent segments from Suchman. I was stopped at the very first quotation
which quoted Durkheim on the independence of social facts from individual
psyches. I am not trained as a sociologist, and I have not read most
of Durkheim. But I have read his book on the origins of religion, and
at least from the perspective of that book, the quotation, and the way
Lucy uses it, might lead one to think that Durkheim was blind to the
necessity of coordinated activity mediated by symbols.
I need to re-read Durkheim with Lucy's text in mind. Such
thoughts slow me down, but I am hoping to find time to get to
the second segment.
The new quarter is upon us.
mike