Clay Spinuzzi: Mediating Concept and Network of Projects
A dialogue between two theoretical traditions may generate mediating concepts...But it is not always sufficient to establish a distinctive knowledge niche.
Traditional Activity Theory
One Center, Multi-voices, and Multi-moves
To examine this ecology, the article focuses on one of its most generative nodes: the knowledge enterprise built by Yrjö Engeström and centered on CRADLE. Two analytical tools from the Weave-the-Theory toolkit are used.
Bonnie Nardi: Engaging with a Theoretical Tradition
When a theoretical tradition reaches a moment of broad cross-boundary expansion — entering many disciplines simultaneously, forming a Creative Delta — the Curativity Line work at that moment is foundational: ... This is the Second Founding...
Weave the Theory: The Journey of Activity Theory and CHAT (Since 2000)
What makes a theoretical tradition a tradition — rather than simply a collection of works — is the collaborative structure that holds it together across time... It means something more structural: a before–after relationship between creators.
Revisiting the Genidentity of Activity Theory
Capturing the Essential Difference of a Theoretical Tradition
The Geometry of the Activity System Model
I present real-world examples of applying the Activity System Model using the Creative Diagramming method.
Project-oriented Activity Theory (Summary)
The TOC and Introduction of my 2021 book Project-oriented Activity Theory.
Appropriating Activity Theory (Book)
A Journey of Knowledge Engagement.
The ARCH Diagram
In 2020, I used the ARCH diagram to curate Alan P. Fiske's Relational Models Theory and Clay Spinuzzi’s typology of Activity.
Activity System Plus
Based on Yrjö Engeström's Activity System Model, I added the concept "Resouce" to explore a new possibility.