Re: Intellectual roots of AT
Timothy Koschmann (tkoschmann who-is-at acm.org)
Tue, 6 Apr 1999 11:31:06 -0500
Nate wrote:
>Engestrom and Miettinen in their intro to Perspectives in Activity Theory
>compare Dewey's pragmatism with Leontiev. Examples of complementary
>aspects between the two include transcending dualisms, conceptions of
>action, practice and collective activity etc. The main differentiation
>between activity theory and Dewey is Dewey's lack of emphasis on cultural
>mediation.
Near the end of his career, Dewey began work on a revised version of his
opus, _Experience and Nature_. In the introduction to this never finished
edition he wrote that his preference would be to exchange the word
"culture" for "experience". The introduction can be found in:
Dewey, J. (1988). The unfinished introduction. In J.A. Boydson (Ed.), John
Dewey: The Later Works, 1925-1953 (Vol. 1). Carbondale, IL: SIU Press.
---Tim