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(Nardi, 1995) ⇒ Bonnie A. Nardi. (1995). “Context and Consciousness: Activity Theory and Human-computer Interaction.” In: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ISBN: 0-262-14058-6.

Subject Headings: Consciousness.

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Intended for designers and researchers, Context and Consciousness brings together 13contributions that apply activity theory to problems of human-computer interaction. Understanding howpeople actually use computers in their everyday lives is essential to good design and evaluation. This insight necessitates a move out of the laboratory and into the field. The research described inContext and Consciousness presents activity theory as a means of structuring and guiding fieldstudies of human-computer interaction, from practical design to theoretical development. Activitytheory is a psychological theory with a naturalistic emphasis, with roots going back to the 1920s inthe Soviet Union. It provides a hierarchical framework for describing activity and a set ofperspectives on practice. Activity theory has been fruitfully applied in many areas of human need,including problems of mentally and physically handicapped children, educational testing, curriculumdesign, and ergonomics. There is growing interest in applying activity theory to problems of human-computer interaction, and an international community of researchers is contributing to theeffort.Contributors : Rachel Bellamy. Susanne Bødker. Ellen Christiansen. Yrjo Engeström. VirginiaEscalante. Dorothy Holland. Victor Kaptelinin. Kari Kuutti. Bonnie A. Nardi. Arne Raeithel. JamesReeves. Boris Velichkovksy. Vladimir P. Zinchenko.

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	Author	volume	Date Value	title	type	journal	titleUrl	doi	note	year
1995 ContextandConsciousnessActivity	Bonnie A. Nardi			Context and Consciousness: Activity Theory and Human-computer Interaction