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> > ISCAR News
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> > International Society for Cultural and Activity Research
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> >Vol. 2, No. 1 March 2004
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> >REPORTS
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> >1. Report on The Finnish National Congress on Activity Theory
> > and Sociocultural Approach
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> >ISCAR NEWS
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> >2. First ISCAR Congress, 20-24 September 2005, Sevilla
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> >3. 3rd Nordic Conference on Cultural and Activity Research,
> > 3-5 September 2004, Copenhagen
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> >4. ISCAR Regional Conference, "Application of Activity Theory
> > to Education, Information Systems and Business", 12-13 July 2004,
> > University of Wollongong, Australia
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> >ANNOUNCEMENTS
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> >5. Call for Participation: AT IT 2004: First International
> > Workshop on Activity Theory Based Practical Methods for IT
> > Design, 2-3 September 2004, Copenhagen
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> >6. Vygotsky Summer Courses/Seminars, 1 - 21 August, 2004, Moscow
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> >
> >PUBLICATIONS
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> >7. New Books from ISCAR members
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> >You are welcome to submit news items to: news@iscar.org
> >Send email and postal address changes to: new-address@iscar.org
> >Copies of previous newsletters available from: news@iscar.org
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> >REPORTS
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> >1. Report on The Finnish National Congress on Activity Theory
> > and Sociocultural Approach
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> >Activity 03 - the first Finnish national congress on Activity
> >Theory and Sociocultural Research was held 1.-2. December, 2003
> >in Kauniainen, near Helsinki. The theme of the congress was: New
> >forms of cultural mediation - technologies, communities,
> >languages. The idea for a Congress was inspired by Jaakko
> >Virkkunen from the ISCAR Executive Committee, and organized by
> >the Center for Activity Theory and Developmental Work Research,
> >together with seven other research units or university
> >departments.
> >
> >Altogether some 130 persons attended - some of them well
> >acquainted with activity theory and the sociocultural approach,
> >some interested to get to know it. Altogether 61 papers were
> >accepted and presented. Abstracts in Finnish are available from
> >the Finnish section of the ISCAR website:
> >http://www.iscar.org/fi/Abstraktikirja.pdf
> >It was nice to see that new groups of researchers were interested
> >in the approach.
> >
> >Professor Michael Cole from San Diego and Professor Georg
> >Rückriem from Berlin gave keynote speeches. Mike Cole spoke about
> >mediation and human development, covering historical development
> >from very primitive mediational artefacts to new collective
> >psychological tools in digital networks. The talk (3Mb) is
> >available at: http://www.iscar.org/fi/cole.pdf
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> >Georg Rückriem's theme was: Tool or Medium? The Meaning of
> >Information and Telecommunication Technologies to Human Practice.
> >A Quest or a Systemic Understanding of Activity. He questioned
> >the view of computer as a new tool and called for a deeper
> >analysis of the relation between tool and medium, which, in his view,
> >requires a broad systemic view of the current changes of
> >society. New 'leading media' like internet do not only change
> >specific concrete activities but revolutionize the societal
> >activity structure as a whole as well as the relations between
> >activity and consciousness. The talk is available at:
> >http://www.iscar.org/fi/ruckriem.pdf
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> >Papers presented at the conference were divided into four
> >parallel streams:
> > - Theories and methodologies of cultural mediation
> > - Tools and technologies
> > - Communities, organizations and networks
> > - Languages, interaction and dialogue.
> >
> >Those who presented a paper had to choose, which aspect of
> >mediation they wanted to highlight in their study. Applying
> >activity theory or Vygotskian approach was not a criterion of
> >accepting papers. Rather the idea was to have discussions between
> >various approaches and empirical research objects. This was also
> >realized, and despite the rather great heterogeneity of research
> >topics and approaches, interesting discussions and insights
> >emerged.
> >
> >It is interesting to note, that for the activity theory and
> >sociocultural tradition relatively new research areas such as
> >organization studies, computer science, philosophy, and
> >technology studies were strongly represented.
> >
> >Participants agreed that there is a need for a forum for activity
> >theoretical and sociocultural studies for Finnish speaking
> >audience, too. So it was decided to continue and the next
> >conference will be held in Helsinki in 2005. A book of major
> >conference presentations will be published in Finnish language.
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> >ISCAR NEWS
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> > 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ISCAR
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> > "ACTING IN CHANGING WORLDS: LEARNING, COMMUNICATION,
> > AND MINDS IN INTERCULTURAL ACTIVITIES"
> > 20-24 September, 2005
> >
> >In September 2005, the First International Congress of ISCAR will
> >be held in Seville, Spain. The Local Organizing Committee would
> >like to invite all those interested in theory and research in
> >culture and activity to attend the Congress.
> >
> >A key objective in sociocultural research is to analyse the
> >mediational instruments that emerge and develop in
> >(inter)cultural activities, with particular emphasis on those
> >arising out of the new forms of communication (related to
> >information technology and communications). Therefore, the main
> >focus of interest in this first ISCAR congress will, in broad
> >terms, be the acting subject. By this, we mean a subject who
> >participates in sociocultural activities and is responsible for
> >his/her acts in these activities, capable of acting and creating
> >worlds.
> >
> >The discussions of the congress will be thematically related as
> >much as possible, organised around two main themes, with each
> >main theme having a list of associated subthemes.
> >
> > A) Theoretical and Methodological Issues
> > - New trends in Cultural-Historical theory and research
> > - Cognition in social practices
> > - Diversity and heterogeneity of mind
> > - Emotion and subjectivity in culture
> > - Self, identity, and culture
> > - Semiotic mediation and meaning construction
> > - Narrative construction of self
> > - Methodological challenges in cultural and social research
> > - Theoretical and methodological problems in Activity Theory
> > - Qualitative research and social practice
> > - Problems of the unit of analysis
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> > B) Acting in changing worlds
> > - Socialization, interaction, and human development
> > - Ways of discourse, modes of thinking and forms of participation
> > - Learning and knowledge construction in social practice
> > - School practices, interaction, and discourse
> > - Argumentation, negotiation, and intercultural communication
> > - Literacy in changing worlds
> > - Citizenship in changing world
> > - Doing gender in changing world
> > - Lifelong learning in changing worlds
> > - New technologies, communication, and identity
> > - Working place and new technologies
> > - New ways of teaching-learning and technology
> > - Sociocultural approaches to therapy practices
> > - Intervention programs in institutions (design and assessment)
> >
> >Call for Proposals
> >
> >The program committee invites researchers to send proposals that
> >correspond to one of the congress themes. A proposal can be
> >submitted for:
> >
> > - a paper that corresponds to one of the congress themes or
> subthemes.
> > - a poster that corresponds to one of the (sub) themes of the
> congress.
> > - a symposium that corresponds to one of the (sub) themes of the
> > congress.
> >
> >All papers will be organised in symposium sessions.
> >
> >Proposals must be submitted by e-mail and sent to: iscar2005@iscar.org
> >
> >More detailed information about the congress will be provided in
> >the second announcement, which will be issued by April, 2004, as
> >well as on the website: http://www.us.es/glabahum/ISCAR2005/
> >
> >We hope to see you here in Seville.
> >
> >President of Honour of the Congress: Jerome S. Bruner
> >
> >President of Local Committee: Juan Daniel Ramírez Garrido, Universidad de
> >Sevilla
> >
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> >
> >3. 3rd Nordic Conference on Cultural and Activity Research
> >
> >The Third Nordic Conference on Cultural and Activity Research
> >will be held in Copenhagen on September 3-5, 2004. The
> >conference builds on the success of the previous two conferences
> >(Helsinki, 1997; Ronneby, 2001), which have provided a forum for
> >exchanging ideas, experiences, and opinions and the exploration
> >of common interests, problems, and possibilities for cooperation
> >among researchers and practitioners in Nordic countries. The
> >Nordic countries have a strong tradition of theoretical and
> >practical work based on activity theory and cultural-historical
> >psychology in areas, such as education, transformations of work
> >and organizations, human-computer interaction, and so forth. The
> >conference aspires to bring together researchers from the Nordic
> >countries who work within these approaches or who are interested
> >in extending their conceptual frameworks by relating them to
> >activity theory and cultural-historical research.
> >
> >More information at: http://www.iscar.org/dk/3NC/
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> >4. ISCAR Regional Conference, "Application of Activity Theory
> > to Education, Information Systems and Business", 12-13 July 2004,
> > University of Wollongong, Australia,
> >
> >
> >This regional conference is an expansion of a conference that has been held
> >several times previously at the University of Wollongong.
> >
> >The conference aspires to bring together researchers from Australia,
> >New Zealand, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region who are interested in the
> >application of socio-cultural and activity theory to their theoretical and
> >empirical work, and to encourage discussion, communication and cooperation
> >between researchers in the multidisciplinary field of socio-cultural
> research.
> >
> >The conference is hosted by The Faculty of Education and The School of
> >Economics
> >and Information Systems, and will be held at the University of Wollongong.
> >
> >Abstracts, not exceeding 300 words must be submitted by: 22 March, 2004.
> >
> >For more information: Professor Helen Hasan <hasan@uow.edu.au>
> >
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> >ANNOUNCEMENTS
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> >5. Call for Participation: AT IT 2004: First International Workshop
> >on Activity Theory Based Practical Methods for IT Design, 2-3 September
> 2004,
> >Copenhagen
> >
> >Based on the long list of successful applications of the activity
> >theory framework within the IT-design communities (software, IS,
> >HCI, CSCW, PD), we believe it is time to extract a collection of
> >methods. The purpose of the workshop is to discuss and refine
> >methods for IT design based on activity theory. The workshop is
> >open to participants who are accepted on the basis of their
> >submission of a practical AT based method or technique for
> >IT-design.
> >
> >Submissions should be composed of two parts. The first part is a
> >description of the method or technique itself, in a format that
> >would be suitable for a textbook for practitioners. The second
> >part is a short paper, reflecting the method, how it is based on
> >activity theory, its history, how it has been used in practice
> >etc. After the workshop, we will make an edited collection based
> >on the workshop contributions. Deadline for submissions is 30
> >April 2004.
> >
> >More information available at:
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> >http://www.daimi.au.dk/~olavb/atit2004/
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> >Organizers: Olav W. Bertelsen, Mikko Korpela, and Anja Mursu
> >
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> >6. Vygotsky Summer Courses/Seminars, 1 - 21 August, 2004, Moscow
> >
> >Applications are welcomed from all graduate students with good
> >academic standing at any college or university. While students in
> >any field are eligible, the program is geared mainly for graduate
> >students in education and psychology. The program will be taught
> >entirely in English. No knowledge of Russian language is
> >required. Postgraduate students and faculty are welcome to join
> >and share your ideas and research findings.
> >
> >The joint team of American-Russian instructors will use an
> >"active engagement" approach that will take participants into
> >different cities and provide them with the opportunity to talk
> >directly with Vygotskian scholars, university professors,
> >government officials, school teachers, parents from different
> >walks of life, and students. The opportunity to directly observe
> >teacher-student interactions in Russian schools is an important
> >part of the program. Besides participating in classroom
> >instruction, the students will meet a number of prominent
> >Vygotsky scholars, visit the Russian State University for the
> >Humanities in Moscow, the Vygotsky Institute, public and private
> >schools, and homes. They will observe class instruction,
> >out-of-school activities, and educational research activities in
> >Russian universities and schools.
> >
> >All necessary information about costs, instructors, schedules,
> >cultural programs, how to apply, and so on, can be found on the
> >following website:
> >
> >http://inted.oie.buffalo.edu/studyabroad/program.asp?
prog=russia&file=pro&img=pro_russia.jpg
> >
> >You can also try to contact Vladimir Ageyev <vageyev@acsu.buffalo.edu>
> >State University of New York at Buffalo
> >Telephone: +1 716 839 3559
> >
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> >
> >PUBLICATIONS
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>______________________________________________________________________________
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> >7. New Books from ISCAR members
> >
> >Ein Diamant schleift den anderen: Eval'd Vasil'evic Il'enkov und
> >die Tätigkeitstheorie
> >
> > Wolfgang Jantzen and Birger Siebert (Editors)
> >
> > Lehmanns Media, 2003, 463 pages, 35.00 Euro
> > Order from: http://www.LOB.de, ISBN: 3-936427-66-6
> >
> > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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> >Akhutina, T. V., (2003). Psychology of speech and
> > neuropsychology. Journal of Russian & East European Psychology.
> > 41(3/4.) (A selection of articles by T. V. Akhutina)
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> > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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> >
> >A.R. Luria and Contemporary Psychology: Festschrift Celebrating
> > the Centennial of the Birth of Luria.
> >
> > T. Akhutina, J. Glozman, L. Moskovich, and D. Robbins
> >
> > Nova Science, Commack, NY, 2004
> > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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> >
> >Vygotsky's and A.A. Leontiev's Semiotics and Psycholinguistics:
> > Applications for Education, Second Language Acquisition, and
> > Theories of Language.
> >
> > Dorothy Robbins
> >
> > Praeger Publishers, 2003, 200 pages, $61.95 USD
> > http://www.greenwood.com/books/bookdetail.asp?sku=GM2224
> >
> >
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> >
> >Production Editor: Seth Chaiklin
> >
> >ISCAR - Newsletter Editorial Team:
> >Christoph Clases, Jan Derry, Gilberto Pérez Campos, Katsuhiro Yamazumi
> >
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> >
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