Activity theory as a framework for analyzing and redesigning work

By Yrjo Engestrom. Ergonomics, 2000

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Human Factors and Ergonomics, Sociology and Political Science

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“Vygotsky’s Neglected Legacy”: Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (2007, positive): “…theory is at its best in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory analyzing poorly understood processes of developmental transformations over time” (Y. Engeström, 2000b, p. 308), all practitioners here are involved with researchers and facilitators in comprehending and theorizing work…”
Learning Language, Learning Culture: Teaching Language to the Whole Student (2020, neutral): “Engeström distinguishes between “short-lived goal-directed actions” and “durable, object-orientated activity systems” (Engeström, 2000, p. 960).”
Confronting Analytical Dilemmas for Understanding Complex Human Interactions in Design-Based Research From a Cultural—Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) Framework (2007, positive): “In these works this method has been used to (a) capture the processes involved in organizational change (Barab, Schatz, & Scheckler, 2004; Engeström, 1993, 2000), (b) identify contradictions and tensions that shape developments in educational settings (Barab, Barnet, Yamagata-Lynch, Squire, &…”
Practice as the Site of Knowing: Insights from the Field of Telemedicine (2011, background): “…some scholars take a more radical stance, arguing that the relationship between knowledge and practice is better understood as a specific form of equivalence (Lave 1988, Cook and Yanow 1993, Lynch 2001, Engeström 2000, Orlikowski 2002, Gherardi and Nicolini 2002, Tsoukas 2005, Gherardi 2006).”
Activity Theory As a Lens for Characterizing the Participatory Unit. (2004, positive): “Here the task would be to analytically represent and further understand (Engeström, 2000) the processes involved in using tools (either conceptual or artifactual), the meditative effects (either enabling or constraining) these tools have on object-oriented activity, and the outcomes (e.g.,…”
Work design theory: a review and critique with implications for human resource development (2005, neutral): “Activity theory has only recently been considered as a potentially valuable theory for HRD and related disciplines (Ardichvili, 2003; Engestrom, 2000).”