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Title Activity theory in HCI [electronic resource] : fundamentals and reflections / Victor Kaptelinin, Bonnie Nardi.
Publication Info. [San Rafael, Calif.] : Morgan & Claypool, ©2012.

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Description 1 online resource.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Synthesis lectures on human-centered informatics ; #13.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-94).
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Perth, W.A. Available via World Wide Web.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (Morgan & Claypool, viewed Sept. 27, 2012).
Contents Preface -- 1. Introduction: Activity theory and the changing face of HCI -- Theory in HCI -- The objectives of the book -- Activity theory in HCI: Selected contributions -- Re-framing HCI concepts -- Conceptual tools for design and evaluation -- Theoretical lens -- Some reflections for students.
2. Basic concepts and principles of activity theory -- Introduction -- The general notion of activity -- The origins of activity theory: Russian psychology of the 1920s and 1930s -- Lev Vygotsky and the social nature of human mind -- The individual/collective dimension: The dynamics of the social distribution of the mind -- From inter-psychological to intra-psychological -- Sergei Rubinshtein and the principle of unity and inseparability of consciousness and activity -- The concept of activity and the evolution of psyche -- The structure of human activity -- Needs, motives, and the object of activity -- Activities, actions, and operations -- Functional organs -- Basic principles of Leontiev's activity theory: An overview -- Engeström's activity system model -- Current diversity of activity theoretical frameworks.
3. Agency -- A typology of agents -- Artifacts -- Conclusion.
4. Activity and experience -- Introduction -- Analyses of subjective phenomena in activity theory -- Activity theoretical vs. phenomenological perspectives on experience in HCI.
5. Activity-centric computing -- A historical account of activity-centric computing -- Activity-centric computing and activity theory -- Current issues and prospects for future research in activity-centric computing -- A variety of perspectives in activity-centric computing -- Design challenges and solutions -- Evaluating activity-centric technologies and environments.
6. Activity theory and the development of HCI -- Introduction -- hn-HCI -- Time, space, scope -- Activity theory and hn-HCI -- Conclusion.
Bibliography -- Authors' biographies.
Subject Human-computer interaction -- Psychological aspects.
activity theory
post-cognitivist theory
object-orientedness
hierarchical structure of activity
mediation
externalization
internalization
development
activity system model
agency
experience
activity-centric computing
hn-HC
Added Author Nardi, Bonnie A.
Ebooks Corporation
Added Title Activity theory in human-computer interaction
Related To Print version: Kaptelinin, Victor. Activity theory in HCI. [San Rafael, Calif.] : Morgan & Claypool, 2012 9781608457045
ISBN 9781608457052 (electronic bk.)
1608457052 (electronic bk.)
9781608457045 (paperback)
1608457044
UPC # 10.2200/S00413ED1V01Y201203HCI013 doi
OCLC # EBC919702
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