Acting with Technology
Acting with Technology: Activity Theory and Interaction Design Victor Kaptelinin, Bonnie A. Nardi,
Publisher: The MIT Press
ISBN: 0262513315
DDC: 4
Edition: Paperback; 2009-09-30
Summary:
Activity theory holds that the human mind is the product of our
interaction with people and artifacts in the context of everyday
activity. Acting with Technology makes the case for activity theory
as a basis for understanding our relationship with technology. Victor
Kaptelinin and Bonnie Nardi describe activity theory's principles,
history, relationship to other theoretical approaches, and
application to the analysis and design of technologies. The book
provides the first systematic entry-level introduction to the major
principles of activity theory. It describes the accumulating body of
work in interaction design informed by activity theory, drawing on
work from an international community of scholars and designers.
Kaptelinin and Nardi examine the notion of the object of activity,
describe its use in an empirical study, and discuss key debates in
the development of activity theory. Finally, they outline current and
future issues in activity theory, providing a comparative analysis of
the theory and its leading theoretical competitors within interaction
design: distributed cognition, actor-network theory, and
phenomenologically inspired approaches. Acting with Technology series
Click on a subject to see other books listed with the same
subject or to drill down into components of the subject -- such as
geographical locations, dates and so on.
We query many merchants so that you can instantly
compare prices and
availability. You can even check historic prices and subscribe
for notifications. For a manual check, clicking on a link will open a
new window with a search for this book on the merchant's site of your
choice.
