Triangles and tribulations : translations, betrayals, and the making of cultural-historical activity theory / Clay Spinuzzi.
| Author/creator | Spinuzzi, Clay author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2025] |
| Description | viii, 308 pages : illustrtaions ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Acting with technology Acting with technology. ^A610855 |
| Contents | Method and research object -- Translations and betrayals -- Chat's generations -- or strands, or waves? -- Vygotsky's chat: Marxist psychology before the great terror -- Leontiev's chat: Marxist psychology after the great terror -- Westernized chat in 1987: an interventionist design approach -- Interlude: chat as a sociocognitive base for North American writing studies -- Engeström's "third-generation" chat: an organizational sociology -- Engeström's "fourth-generation" chat: an implementation of public policy -- The scope of the expanding object -- The scope of the unit of analysis -- The diffusion and translation of chat. |
| Abstract | "This is a history of CHAT (Cultural-Historical Activity Theory): where it came from, how it developed, what challenges it faces when applied to technologically mediated post-bureaucratic work, and how we might further develop it to better address those challenges"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Spinuzzi, Clay Triangles and tribulations Cambridge : The MIT Press, 2025 9780262382779 |
| LCCN | 2024030351 |
| ISBN | 9780262552172 |
| ISBN | 0262552175 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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