These files are maintained strictly for historical reference, research, and recordkeeping purposes, and the content has not been altered or updated since archiving. Content on this site may not meet current digital accessibility standards. If you require an alternative, accessible format of any information found on this site, please contact Bruce Jones, bjones@ucsd.edu to request an accommodation.

These files are maintained strictly for historical reference, research, and recordkeeping purposes, and the content has not been altered or updated since archiving. Content on this site may not meet current digital accessibility standards. If you require an alternative, accessible format of any information found on this site, please contact Bruce Jones, bjones@ucsd.edu to request an accommodation.


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [xmca] activity (was concepts)



On 21 April 2011 15:14, <ERIC.RAMBERG@spps.org> wrote:

> Huw:
>
> You are not speaking of a concept; you are speaking of a mediational tool
> or as Mike Cole identifies, an artifact.
>
>
Are there tools that don't mediate and are there things that mediate an act
that are not tools?

I could dig out some quotes, though our first obligation, as collaborators,
is to explore the meaning behind the words used, rather than to impose our
meaning upon them: to say "so and so is right or wrong because he says this
or that".  We can't learn or appreciate without attending to the meaning.

Huw



> eric
>
>
>
__________________________________________
_____
xmca mailing list
xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca