Re: [xmca] Re: [ISCAR-ANNOUNCE] Sydney-2014 ISCAR Congress Website now open!

[mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

That is an interesting observation, Larry.

Wertsch and Zinchenko have used "mediation action in context" as a central
concept in "socio-cultural studies." Engestrom declares that the activity
is the context.

Just leaving it at action-in-context sure does provide a lot of options for
the analytic work of specifying what the referent of the term, context, is.
And since context is
a notoriously polysemic notion, it also allows for lots of people to
talk/write right past each other without noticing there is fairy dust in
the air. The same is true
of course, of people who write about activity but neglect to specify the
object(ive) and often other aspects such as the division of labor of the
activity they claim to be studying.

That three sequence attribution of change in LSV's ideas appears to be
becoming canonical.

mike


On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Larry Purss <lpscholar2@gmail.com> wrote:

> Mike, thanks for this website.
> I read through the keynote speakers themes and I noticed the concept
> *activity* was not highlighted but the concept *action* was noted.
> I am re-reading Jussi's article on the pluralism of vygotsky's
> interpretations.
> It explores a behavioral, then an instrumental gestalt mediational
> epistemology and suggests a third epistemological break  [as semiotic sign
> mediation]. May be relevant to our current discussion.
> This notion of 3 epistemological breaks, with the shift from signs being
> instrumental tools for *self* mastery to a semiotic mediational model is
> made an explicit distinction in Jussi's work.
> larry
>
>
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:12 PM, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In case you are not a member but are interested in ISCAR of the beauties
>> of
>> Sydney.......
>>
>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 3:00 PM, <iscar-announce@iscar.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Dear ISCAR Community Members,
>> >
>> > Please find below and message from the Sydney-2014 Congress Chair. We
>> will
>> > shortly send out a formal message from the Congress Secretariat.
>> >
>> >
>> > It is my great pleasure to announce that the Sydney-2014 ISCAR Congress
>> > website is now open and available at the link below
>> > http://www.iscar2014.com/
>> >
>> > The website includes details of the main theme and sub-themes of the
>> > congress, the venue and also presents our esteemed keynote speakers!
>> >
>> > The call for abstracts is now open and the details of submission are
>> > provided on the website. You can submit an abstract for an individual
>> oral
>> > presentation, an interactive poster presentation or propose a symposium.
>> >
>> > More information will be added to the website as we develop the program
>> > and work out further detail of the Congress organisation.
>> >
>> > Meanwhile, if you have any questions or suggestions - please e-mail me
>> at
>> > irina@uow.edu.au  or contact ISCAR-2014 Congress Secretariat at
>> > info@iscar2014.com
>> >
>> > I look forward to hearing from you
>> >
>> > Best wishes
>> >
>> > Irina Verenikina
>> > Sydney-2014 ISCAR Congress Chair
>> >
>> >
>> > ______________________________**______________________________**____
>> >
>> > ISCAR - International Society for Cultural and Activity Research
>> >
>> > Webpage:   http://www.iscar.org
>> > Queries:   info@iscar.org
>> >
>> >
>> >
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