> > So I'm wondering why Jared framed ACD as ignoring the "goals, needs, and > contexts of the users."
Because from what I have heard is Jared is neither Swedish, nor has background in Marxist Theory, either of these qualifications is really important to fully comprehend Activity Theory. :-) I think what Jared is trying to say is that AT is not predictive of behaviour, but rather describes it, but I may be wrong. James Activity Theory On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Joshua Seiden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right, and in that article, in the context of advocating for ACD, > Larry writes, "The first and most important thing to understand is > why people engage in activities. All human activity is purposeful." > > So I'm wondering why Jared framed ACD as ignoring the "goals, > needs, and contexts of the users." > > JS > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
