In answering your question I'm assuming that you are referring to
alternatives to the _cognitivist_ approach within human-computer
interaction. Sorry for mentioning some of the same books as
Starting by the authors that are probably listening, I recommend the
work of Yrjo Engestrom: Cognition and Communication at Work". Look
also at the work of Susan Leigh Star: "Social Science, Technical
Systems, and Cooperative Work" (with Geoffrey Bowker 1st author,
Willian Turner and Les Gasser.
The book from Bonnie Nardi "Context and Consciousness" ia a collection
of
articles which make use of Theory of Activity within the context of
Human
Computer Interaction. She also has a new book on "Information
Ecologies" which has just been released. I haven't seen yet.
Liam Bannon, has many articles comparing Theory of Activity, Situated
Cognition, and Distributed Cognition in the context of Computer
Supported Cooperative Work and Human Computer Interaction. His URL is:
http://www.ul.ie/~idc/library/papersreports/LiamBannon/LiamB.html
For Situated Cognition, the work of Lucy Suchman "Plans and Situated
Action", in Anthropology, is also a start.
For Edwin Hutchins in Distributed Cognition, look at "Cognition in the
Wild", and its review at Mind, Culture, and Activity.
There is also a line of critique which uses hermeneutics as a starting
point. Look at Winograd and Flores "Understanding Computers and
Cognition". His recent work is more oriented to Design instead of
Cognition.
Good luck,
Luiz