[xmca] Current edition of Theory & Psychology

[Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net>]

The current edition of Theory & Psychology looks very special. I admit I 
have at this stage only actually read the article by Mike Cole, Robert 
Lecusay and Deborah Downing-Wilson, but it is a special issue on CHAT 
and interventionist methodology, with articles by a number of people 
from Yrjo Engestrom's CRADLE and also Falk Seeger, who is guest editing 
the Special Issue of MCA on Emotions.

Mike's article elaborates on what the participants call a "mutual 
appropriation" approach to developing theory and practice. Instead of 
implementing a project design and then modifying it in the light of the 
reseacher's experience, the researchers go in to a local community with 
very open ended ideas about how and what they want to achieve, and 
engage with their community partner, learn about their (the partner's) 
project, offer assistance and resources and share knowledge and 
objectives and .... mutually appropriate. The article describes the 
results of a specific project which is an exemplar of "mutual 
appropriation" which has grown out of the 5thD after-school programs 
which LCHC began in the 1980s.

The article is actually very moving. I personally think that this kind 
of work is tackling the main problem in front of us cultural-historical 
cultural psychology people today. If you don't subscribe to Theory & 
Psychology, I don't know how you can get to read the paper. Maybe 
someone has a solution there. But it is a must read. I will read the 
remaining articles in the special issue, but this is a real high.

Andy


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*Andy Blunden*
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Home Page: http://home.mira.net/~andy/
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