Project-oriented Activity Theory (Book)

Theoretical foundation, Concepts, and Diagrams.

The Activity U project has been planned to introduce Andy Blunden’s Project-oriented theoretical approach. The recent articles form a sub-series of articles and achieve this goal.

This article lists this sub-series of articles and provides a guide for new readers. I will update this article with links to the newest relevant articles and ideas. In order to celebrate this micro milestone, I designed a book cover for these articles and made a plan for a book.

It’s a pleasure to work on this special sub-series of articles. On Aug 20, 2020, I shared HCI-Activity Theorist Bonnie Nardi’s story and suggested the concept of Appropriating Theory as a way of knowing. Now I have a deep understanding of the concept of Appropriating Theory.

Andy Blunden’s version of Activity Theory

Activity Theory or the “Cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT)” is an interdisciplinary philosophical framework for studying both individual and social aspects of human behavior. Activity Theory is an established theoretical tradition with several theoretical approaches developed by different theorists. Originally, it was inspired by the Russian/Soviet psychology of the 1920s and 1930s.