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Jen
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Welcome to the XMCA@weber.ucsd.edu, and thanks for taking the
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XMCA is the current incarnation of a family of electronic discussion
lists hosted at the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition (LCHC)
at the University of California, San Diego since 1984.
XMCA is an e-mail-mediated discussion forum (a mailing list) for
a network of interdisciplinary scholars who share an interest in
the study of human mind developing in its cultural and historical
contexts. The emphasis of the list is on research that seeks to
resolve methodological problems associated with the analysis of
approaches that place culture and activity at the center of attempts
to understand human nature. The discussion participants hail from
a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, cognitive science,
education, linguistics, psychology, sociology and informatics.
Web information about the LCHC can be found at:
http://communication.ucsd.edu/LCHC/index.html
XMCA was organized in its present form in 1995, and given its name
as a sign of its close links to the journal MCA -- "Mind, Culture,
and Activity" -- which was launched at the same time. As an intermediary
between the MCA journal and the XMCA electronic forum, an MCA
Website has been developed at:
http://communication.ucsd.edu/MCA/index.html
The intention is to re-center discourse in a manner that allows
maximum interaction with more traditional print media, and provides
a space for making clear the international and interdisciplinary
nature of the forum. The Website currently includes a library of
papers put up for accessibility to XMCA discussions; many of them
are in draft versions. There is also a section providing access to
the archive of XMCA discussions, with daily updates.
The messaging practices that have developed on the XMCA and its
predecessors over the years are varied and flexible, supporting
open discussions between a diversity of participants. A general
norm for the system is that messages are informal communications,
what has traditionally been referred to as "half baked" messages,
which, it is hoped, will be baked up into fine food for thought as
a consequence of the interactions that occur subsequently. From
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