== Activity theory and human-computer interaction / Nardi (1996)

**Citation** - [[:people:Bonnie Nardi|Nardi, B. A.]] (1996). Activity theory and human-computer interaction. In B. A. Nardi (Ed.), Context and consciousness: Activity theory and human-computer interaction (pp. 7-16).

**Keyword** - [[:Activity theory]]

== Content 

Ativity theory is 
* a powerful and clarifying descriptive tool rather than a strongly predictive theory.

The object of AT is
* to understand the unity of consciousness and activity.
* to understand the interpenetration of the individual, other people, and artifacts in everyday activity.

(in AT) Consciousness is 
* not a set of discrete disembodied cognitive acts (decision making, classification,
remembering),
* not the brain; 
* located in everyday practice: you are what you do.

(in AT) Action (what you do) is 
* firmly and inextricably embedded in the social matrix of which every person is an organic part. 

(in AT) social matrix is 
* composed of people and artifacts. 
** Artifacts: may be physical tools or sign systems such as human language. 

AT's methodology
* emphasizes naturalistic study, culture, and history.


Leont'ev (1974)


mediation: all human experience is shaped by the tools and sign systems we use.

HCI & consciousness: 
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