Activity U (XI): Process, Position, and Zone of Project
In order to understand the internal structure and dynamics of Project, I propose the concept of Zone of Project which is inspired by Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development and Roger Barker’s Behavior Settings theory.
The previous article presents a new concept of Projectivity. In the end of the article, I propose the concept of Zone of Project. As an important step of expanding the approach of Project-oriented Activity Theory, the concept of “Zone of Project” is an outcome of a conceptual curation which is inspired by the Ecological ZONE framework and Project-oriented Activity Theory. The theoretical resources of these two frameworks are ecological approach and cultural-historical approach. Thus, it is a challenge to achieve this goal.
I have discussed the possible connection between Ecological Psychology and Cultural-historical Theory of psychology in the last past of Activity U (X): Projecting, Projectivity, and Cultural Projection. This article focuses on the thread of “Vygotsky-Cole-Barker”. The following diagram represents my strategy for this complex conceptual curation.
