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How about umwelt, Andy? I warned you the survey was unsophisticated. Just the term envelope is a problem because it distinguish the envelope from its contents. Very difficult to get the "weaving/ co-constituting" impulse into environment/context/practice. of course, a woven tapestry is "just static," relative to human experience, isn't it? mike On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote: > Mike, reading through your excellent review of the different concepts of > context, along with event, situation, activity, practice, etc., is that all > of them conceive of the "supra-individual" object of analysis as something > esssentially static, and despite many declarations to the contrary and > proofs that individuals can modify their enivironment (by whatever name) are > that to which human individuals have to conform. "Event" is a little > different, at least in the way it is used by some writers, but generally all > seem to conceive of context as condition. Although supposed to be the source > of motivation (in some versions), they may rise to the level of being the > source of reward, but I see nothing which expresses what I regard as the > inherent striving of human life. I think this is a problem. > > Andy > > mike cole wrote: > >> Attached is an attempt I made several years ago to summarize the different >> terms and their uses. It is not in the least sophisticated about many of >> those cited or not, but it covers some perhaps-useful information. >> mike >> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> ------------ >> >> ______________________________**____________ >> _____ >> xmca mailing list >> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu >> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/**listinfo/xmca<http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca> >> >> > > -- > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ------------ > *Andy Blunden* > Joint Editor MCA: http://www.informaworld.com/**smpp/title~db=all~content= > **g932564744<http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title%7Edb=all%7Econtent=g932564744> > Home Page: http://home.mira.net/~andy/ > Book: http://www.brill.nl/default.**aspx?partid=227&pid=34857<http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=227&pid=34857> > > ______________________________**____________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/**listinfo/xmca<http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca> > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca