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Appropriating Activity Theory

Appropriating Activity Theory #13: Agency Frontier Behind the Hierarchy of Human Activity (2020)

When I sat down to write this issue's column, I found myself asking a question I hadn't asked before: Does the tradition of Activity Theory have anything analogous to the four boundaries of the World of Life?

Appropriating Activity Theory #12: Agency Resonance Behind the Project Network (2022)

The network resonates. And the insights that emerge from that resonance are different in kind from anything a single project can produce.

Appropriating Activity Theory #11: When Two Students Aren't Enough (2023)

These four threshold moments at the school have taught me something fundamental about agency and structure.

Appropriating Activity Theory #10: The LARGE Method (2018 - 2026)

Sharing the story of the LARGE Method and tracing its development over the years.

Appropriating Activity Theory #9: The ECHO Way (2021)

From a 2021 manuscript to a 2026 live dialogue: Following the continuous ECHO Journey as it expands from individual reflection to social projection.

Appropriating Activity Theory #8: Stage, Map, and Moves

The seed from 2017 has now grown into the History {Life[Self(Body)]} Framework (v3.0), a meta-framework for the Meta-frameworks project.

Appropriating Activity Theory #7: The Piano House and Activity as Container

The "Activity-as-Container" conceptual deck was part of a four-project creative journey from July 2017 to Feb 2018.

Appropriating Activity Theory #6: Engaging with Andy Blunden's Creative Ideas

The student had to become a creator before he could adequately teach the teacher's ideas.

Appropriating Activity Theory #5: Kids are Our Teachers (2018)

Interestingly, this story resonates with the research of Cole and Barker on children conducted many years ago.

Appropriating Activity Theory #4: When Vygotsky Meets Dewey (2019)

From 2019 to 2021, I worked on the Theory—Practice Connection centered around a simple diagram as a creative heuristic tool. The three-year journey took several strategic moves to scale its initial focus.