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Andy, this text dont have bibliography??? Joao -----Mensagem original----- De: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] Em nome de Andy Blunden Enviada em: sexta-feira, 30 de abril de 2010 21:48 Para: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity Assunto: Re: [xmca] Interface as tool and sign Although Vygotsky definitely did talk about "tool and sign" as though there was a dichtomy here, this was in the days before personal computers and so on. I see these as archetypes, not categories as such. Consider the following series of cultural means of opening a door: crow-bar, handle, key, swipe card, PIN code, password, smile to the doorkeeper. See http://home.mira.net/~andy/works/vygotskys-critique.htm Andy Jon Olav H. Eikenes wrote: > Dear XMCA > > I am currently doing research on (human-computer) interfaces and try > to analyze them as mediating artifacts. By drawing on social semiotics > I see the interface as a 'sign' - a multimodal text that employs > semiotic resources for making meaning. However, I also see the > interface as a tool or instrument for people in carrying out actions > (such as producing music or writing documents) - by drawing on > Vygotsky and Leont'ev. Jay Lemke mentioned to me that there already > have been discussions in XMCA about the differences and similarities > of tools and signs. I have consulted the archives and found many > interesting references. However, I wonder if anyone know any > literature that addresses how something may function both as sign and > as tool at the same time. > > Jon Olav > _________________________________ > Jon Olav Eikenes > PhD student > www.navimationresearch.net > Oslo School of Architecture and Design > www.aho.no > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andy Blunden http://home.mira.net/~andy/ +61 3 9380 9435 Skype andy.blunden An Interdisciplinary Theory of Activity: http://www.brill.nl/scss _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca