James, This thread has brought me close to the conclusion that Activity Theory (AT) and Activity Centered Design (ACD) have nothing to do with each other except for a vocabulary overlap.
AT is user-centered in that activities cannot be understood outside of the social context in which they occur. Jared's definition of ACD (which many seem to agree with) states that ACD does the opposite -- focuses on activity outside of social context. In order to reconcile the two ideas, we need to amend Jared's definition: "The design that results from teams that only research the activities." To something like: "The design that results from teams that research activities, the tools that are used in those activities, and the context in which they occur." Jackson Fox UX Designer @ Viget Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35466 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
