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Opening Session
June 7, 1998 Sunday
Session 1 9:30 - 12:45
Opening of the Congress
Chair: Mariane Hedegaard, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Greetings from the President of the Congress
Mariane Hedegaard, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Greetings from the Rector of the University of Aarhus
Henning Lehmann, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Music
Michala Petri, Denmark
Lars Hannibal, Denmark
Lecture In Honor of Vasili V. Davydov (1930-1998)
Vladislav A. Lektorsky, Russian Academy of Philosophy, Russia
Coffee Break -- 30 minutes
The Modern Theory of the Structure of Activity
Vasili V. Davydov, Russian Academy of Education (read by Joachim
Lompscher),
On Vygotsky's Research and Life
Ghita Vygotskaya, Russia
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Invited Panel
June 7, 1998 Sunday
Session 2 14:15 - 17:30
Philosophical Activity and Social Practice
Chair: Uffe Juul Jensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Lecture In Honor of Marx Wartofsky (1928-1997): Philosophical
Categories and Understanding Social Practice
Uffe Juul Jensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Public Philosophy and International Feminism
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago, USA
Activism
Terence Turner, University of Chicago, USA
Coffee Break -- 30 minutes
Panel Discussion
Uffe Juul Jensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Vladislav A. Lektorsky, Russian Academy of Philosophy, Russia
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago, USA
Terence Turner, University of Chicago, USA
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Invited Panel
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 3 8:30 - 10:30
Contemporary Evolutionary Thinking: Vygotsky, Luria and
Leontiev Revisited
Chair: Ethel Tobach, American Museum of Natural History, USA
Contemporary Issues in Evolutionary Theory and Activity Theory
Ethel Tobach, American Museum of Natural History, USA
"Activity" Revisited as Object of Study and as Explanatory Principle -
Old Borderlines and New Perspectives
Bernd Fichtner, University of Siegen, Germany
Evolution as a Historical Process
Tim Ingold, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Activity Theory, Evolution of the Nervous System and Ecology in the
Phylogeny of the Animal Psyche
Demetrio Campa, University of Havana, Cuba
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Invited Panel
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 4 8:30 - 10:30
Technological Mediation - Situations, Problems, Concepts and
Design
Chair: Susanne Bødker, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Contributors
Liam Bannon, University of Limerick, Ireland
Victor Kaptelinin, University of Umeå, Sweden
Kari Kuutti, University of Oulu, Finland
Bonnie Nardi, AT&T Labs West, USA
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 5 11:00 - 13:00
Narratives, Emotions and the Self - I
Chair: Uffe Juul Jensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Fundamentals of Human Caregiving: The Early Beginnings
Jerome Bruner, New York University, USA
Narrative Suspense and the Lost Self
Cheryl Mattingly, University of Southern California, USA
Acts of Knowing, Arts of Narration
Deborah Hicks, University of Delaware, USA
Self and Other in Bakhtin and in the Non-Classical Psychology of Lev
Vygotsky
Igor Solomadin, High School OCHAG, Ukraine
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Theme 1.3 Changing and Building Institutions
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 6 11:00 - 17:30
Toward Utopian Methodology: Integrating Intervention in
Developmental Research
Co-Chairs: Michael Cole, University of California, San Diego, USA
Yrjö Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
Ethnographic Experiments: Creating Activity Systems that Mediate the
Relationship between Homes and Classrooms
Luis Moll, University of Arizona, USA
Sustainability as a Utopian Anchor Point in Cultural-historical Activity
Research
Michael Cole, University of California, San Diego, USA
Expanding Dual Stimulation: Developmental Work Research as a
Kitchen Door Methodology
Yrjö Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
The Learning of Adult Newcomers Joining a Community of Learners
Barbara Rogoff, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Eugene Matusov, University of Delaware, USA
Toward Utopian Methodology: Integrating Intervention in
Developmental Research: Discussion Forum
Chair: Barbara Rogoff, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Participants
Luis Moll, University of Arizona, USA
Michael Cole, University of California, San Diego, USA
Yrjö Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
Barbara Rogoff, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
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Theme 2.3 Technology and Work
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 7 11:00 - 13:00
Scientific Practice, Social Practice and Management
Chair: Roberta Hill, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Motivation, Activity, Management
S.G. Moskvichov, Ukranian Paedagogical Academy, Ukraine
Looking for New Forms of Farming - Two Organic Vegetable Farm
Cases
Laura Seppänen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Emergence and Development of a New Activity in Potato Biotechnology
at the University of Helsinki 1990-96
Juha Tuunainen, Center for Activity Theory and Dev. Work Research,
Finland
The Trajectories of New Ideas in the Change Laboratory
Juha Pihlaja, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Theme 2.1 Social Practice and Gender
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 8 11:00 - 13:00
Gender Network and Collaboration
Chair: Kristina Westerberg, University of Umeå, Sweden
The Ways in Which Gender is Materially Mediated (both Male and
Female) and Exploring How Seemingly Non-material (or Traditionally
Cognitive) Aspects of Gender Order Also Mediate as Tools
Susan Leigh Star, University of Illinois, USA
The Theme of Masculinization of the Discourse and Activities of Natural
Science and Academic Professions
Jay L. Lemke, City University of New York, USA
Gender, Visual Cultures and Work
Ina Wagner, Technische Universität Wien, Austria
Discussant
Vera John-Steiner, University of New Mexico, USA
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Theme 2.6 Electronic Communication
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 9 11:00 - 13:00
Thinking Across Networks
Chair: Eva Ekeblad, University of Göteborg, Sweden
Contact, Community and Multilogue: Electronic Communication in the
Practice of Scholarship
Eva Ekeblad, University of Göteborg, Sweden
Discursive Acts in Computer Mediated Communication
Giuseppe Mininni, University of Bari, Italy
Beatrice Ligorio, University of Bari, Italy
Collaborative Computer-Based Problem Solving in Computer Network
Tsuyoshi Ogata, Chuo University, Japan
Vitali V. Rubtsov, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
The World Wide Web and the Dialectics of Consciousness
Martin Ryder, Storage Technology Corporation, USA
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Theme 1.2 Institutions and Organizations
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 10 11:00 - 13:00
The Construction of Contemporary Subjectivity and the Role of
Knowledge in the School Environment
Chair: Bernd Fichtner, University of Siegen, Germany
The Children's Experience with School and Knowledge from the
Memories of Teachers
Maria Tereza A. Freitas, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Interactions between Knowledge and School Environment: What do
Children and Adults Talk about?
Solange Jobim e Souza, Catholic Pontificial University of Rio de
Janeiro,
Brazil
Who's Looking at Whom? Pinhole Photography as a Means in Learning
Activity
Jochen Dietrich, University of Siegen, Germany
Proposal and Problems for the Construction of Subjectivity
Maria Benites, University of Siegen, Brazil
Bernd Fichtner, University of Siegen, Germany
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 11 11:00 - 13:00
Discourse and School Practices: Some Issues and Perspectives
Chair: Ana Luiza Bustamente Smolka, State University of Campinas,
Brazil
Memory and Literature: A Study of Discursive Processes in a School
Context
Ana Luiza Bustamente Smolka, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Elizabeth dos Santos Braga, State University of Ponta Grossa, Brazil
Interaction and Silence in the Classroom
Adriana Lia Friszman de Laplane, State University of Campinas, Brazil
The Discursive Construction of Power in School Practice
Antonia Candela, Dept. of Educational Studies, Mexico
Discussant
Fran Hagstrom, University of Houston, USA
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 12 11:00 - 13:00
Critical Issues in the Design of Teaching Programs for Young
Children
Chair: Carolyn P. Panofsky, Rhode Island College, USA
Education as Teacher-and-Pupil Co-Creation
Helena Kubrakova, School-Lyceum No. 90, Russia
Ludmila Kozachek, School-Lyceum No. 90, Russia
Intergenerational Discourse Practices: Hidden Dynamics in Cultural
Development
Carolyn P. Panofsky, Rhode Island College, USA
On the Way to Personality Oriented Teaching
Lada Aidarova, Moscow State University, Russia
Designing Age Development Programmes for Children between
Pre-School and School Age
Elena Bougrimenko, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
Katerina Polivanova, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
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Theme 1.4 Activity, Thinking, and Communication
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 13 11:00 - 13:00
Adults' Everyday Ideas and Social Representations about
Development and Educational Social Practices
Chair: Felice Carugati, University of Bologna, Italy
Activity Theory and Social Representations: Two Complementary Ways
to a Better Understanding of Everyday Life?
Felice Carugati, University of Bologna, Italy
Social Representations and Priming Events: Italian Children's
Transition from Preschool to Elementary School
William A. Corsaro, Indiana University, USA
Luisa Molinari, University of Bologna, Italy
Children's Development: Evolution of a Study on Mothers' Social
Representations
Francesca Emiliani, University of Bologna, Italy
Parents' Assessments of Their Children's Abilities
Hannu Räty, University of Joensuu, Finland
Leila Snellman, University of Joensuu, Finland
Aki Vainikainen, University of Joensuu, Finland
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Theme 1.4 Activity, Thinking, and Communication
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 14 11:00 - 13:00
Analyzing Joint Problem Solving and Communication in
Practical Situations
Chair: Michael Baker, University of Lyon 2, France
"Grounding" for Intersubjectivity and Learning
Michael Baker, University of Lyon 2, France
Richard Joiner, Open University, United Kingdom
David Traum, University of Maryland, USA
Tia Hansen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Artifact Design and Communication in Practical Activity
Peter E. Jones, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Group Problem Solving as a Process of Mediated Action
Hilde van Vlaenderen, Rhodes University, South Africa
"It doesn't Fit This Theory". The Producer-User Dialogue in a Problem
Solving Situation
Mervi Hasu, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Theme 3.3 Defining Units of Analysis
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 15 11:00 - 13:00
Cultural and Historical Dimensions as a Unit of Analysis
Co-Chairs:
René van der Veer, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Seth Chaiklin, University of Aarhus, Denmark
The Concept of "Personality" in Cultural-Historical Psychology
Seth Chaiklin, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Transcending the Dichotomy of Theory and Practice - A Theme in the
Cultural-Historical Approach
Falk Seeger, University of Bielefeld, Germany
The Origins of "Activity" as a Category in the Philosophies of Kant,
Fichte, and Hegel
Charles W. Tolman, University of Victoria, Canada
The "Unit of Analysis" in Cultural-Historical Psychology
René van der Veer, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 16 11:00 - 13:00
Basic Psychological Processes - I
Chair: Manuel L. de la Mata, University of Sevilla, Spain
Temporal Sequences in Manual Stereognosis Processes in Blind and
Blindfolded Sighted Subjects
David Travieso, The Autonomous University Madrid, Spain
Florentino Blanco, The Autonomous University Madrid, Spain
Alberto Rosa, The Autonomous University Madrid, Spain
On the Problem of Synesthesia: Psycholinguistic Aspect
Alfia Merzliakova, Udmurt State University, Russia
Historical Development of Voluntary Memory and Voluntary Motions:
Istomina and Manuylenko Revisited
Elena Ivanova, Kharkov State University, Ukraine
Teacher-Student Interaction and Text Comprehension and Memory: A
Semiotic Analysis of Instructional Actions
Manuel L. de la Mata, University of Sevilla, Spain
Andrés Santamaría, University of Sevilla, Spain
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Theme 1.4 Activity, Thinking, and Communication
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 17 11:00 - 13:00
The Construction of Intersubjectivity across Diverse
Institutional and Cultural Settings
Chair: Mariëtte Hoogsteder, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Intersubjectivity and Communication Practices: A Study of Didactic
Interactions of a Native American Group, the Mazahuas
Mariëtte de Haan, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Scientific Explanation, Self-understanding and the Role of 'Others': A
Case of Establishing Intersubjectivity in an Elementary Classroom
Leslie Rupert Herrenkohl, University of Washington, USA
Intersubjectivity and Dilemmas of Communication in a Legal Welfare
Setting: The Talk of Family Guardians and Their Clients
Mariëtte Hoogsteder, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Discussant
Ulla Sätterlund Larsson, University of Linköping, Sweden
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 18 11:00 - 13:00
Architecture of/in Thinking: A Comparative Analysis of Models
Chair: Serena Veggetti, University of Rome 1, Italy
Thinking and Learning as Processes of Innovation
Jytte Bang, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Tools for the Architects of Thinking
Bert van Oers, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ZPD as a Theoretical Principle and as a Subject for Research
Vitali V. Rubtsov, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
Strategic Thinking and Logical Formal Thinking: What develops in the
"Learning - Context" and How?
Serena Veggetti, University of Rome 1, Italy
Stefano Taddei, University of Siena, Italy
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 19 14:30 - 18:00
Narratives, Emotions and the Self - II
Chair: Uffe Juul Jensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Emotions as Judgment of Value
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago, USA
Narrative Identity and the Self
Uffe Juul Jensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
The Affective Construction of the Subject in Mythical Narrative
Terence Turner, University of Chicago, USA
Actions Speak Louder than Words: Patterning of Emotion in Baining
Life History Narratives and Social Activity
Jane Fajans, Cornell University, USA
How Can Cultural and Interactive Explanations Coexist? Reflections on
East German and South Indian Life Stories
Michael B. Carrithers, University of Durham, England
Icons of Youth Culture: Speech Genres and the Mediation of Knowledge
and Identity
George Kamberelis, Purdue University, USA
Gregory Dimitriadis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
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Theme 2.3 Technology and Work
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 20 14:30 - 17:00
Technology and the Learning Organization - I
Chair: Susanne Bødker, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Technologies for Cooperation, Technologies for Knowledge Creation
Alessandra Agostini, University of Milan, Italy
Giorgio de Michelis, University of Milan, Italy
Against Organisation
Olav W. Bertelsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Dialogue in Design
Ellen Christiansen, University of Aalborg, Denmark
Between Tools and Obstacles: Information Systems as Embodiments of
Organisational Learning
Kari Kuutti, University of Oulu, Finland
Tonja Molin-Juustila, University of Oulu, Finland
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 21 14:30 - 18:00
Play and Interaction among Preschool Children
Chair: Pentti Hakkarainen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Peer Interaction and Socialisation: A Study on Conflict Managing in
Urban and Rural Preschoolers
Virginia Martinez-Lozano, University of Sevilla, Spain
José A. Sánchez-Medina, University of Sevilla, Spain
Imitation in Young Children's Social Interactions
Zilma de Moraes Ramos de Oliveira, University of São Paolo, Brazil
Marlene Goncalves, University of São Paolo, Brazil
Viviane C. Besani, University of São Paolo, Brazil
Lenice Frazatto, University of São Paolo, Brazil
Maria Luiza Junqueira, University of São Paolo, Brazil
Characteristics of Play Activity of Children Living in Orphanages
Daniele Henrique Silva, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Maria Cecilia R. Góes, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Play of Pre-School Children from the Perspective of Activity Theory
Ning Yang, South China Normal University, P. R. China
The Correlation of the Leading-Activity and the Age-Psychological New
Formation Notions
Elena E. Kravtsova, Laboratory of Psychology and Pedagogy of
Education, Russia
Discussant
Pentti Hakkarainen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 22 14:30 - 17:30
Social Practice, Meaning and Representation
Chair: Juan-Daniel Ramírez, University of Sevilla, Spain
Activity as Sense Making
Ritva Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
Social Practice as a Tool in Problem Solving, Related to Students
Cooperating in Writing
Torlaug L. Hoel, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Norway
The Role of Literacy in the Development of Meaning. The Interface
between History of Culture and Historical-Cultural Psychology
Juan-Daniel Ramírez, University of Sevilla, Spain
Makers and Users of Multi-Voiced Texts: Towards a Theory to Underpin
Evaluation of a Cancer Information Service on the World Wide Web
Sally Tweddle, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Discussant
Juan-Daniel Ramírez, University of Sevilla, Spain
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Theme 3.3 Defining Units of Analysis
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 23 14:30 - 18:00
Methodological Problems: Researchers and Teachers
Chair: Wim L. Wardekker, Free University of Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
"It Sounds Good, But Can It Be Generalized?"
Seth Chaiklin, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Narratives and Narrative Inquiry
Sigrun Gudmundsdottir, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Norway
Developing Communities of Inquiry in Education as a Research
Approach
Gordon Wells, University of Toronto, Canada
Criteria for the Quality of Inquiry
Wim L. Wardekker, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Panel Discussion
Seth Chaiklin, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Sigrun Gudmundsdottir, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Norway
Wim L. Wardekker, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gordon Wells, University of Toronto, Canada
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 24 14:30 - 18:00
Discourse Construction - I: Discourse, Self, Setting
Chair: Mercedes Cubero, University of Sevilla, Spain
Multi-voiced Formation of Self as Appropriation of False Self: A
Classroom Research in Japan
Yuko Hosaka, Osaka University of Education, Japan
Activity Setting, Modes of Discourse and Ways of Thinking
Mercedes Cubero, University of Sevilla, Spain
David Rubio, University of Sevilla, Spain
Speech Style-Switching as Mediation of Child's Self-Regulatory Behavior
in Japan
Nobumoto Tajima, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan
Discourse Construction - II: Social Construction of Knowledge
Chair: Mercedes Cubero, University of Sevilla, Spain
Joint Forgetting of Defendants' Personal Experience in Japanese
Courtroom
Kotaro Takagi, Tokyo Gakugel University, Japan
Constructing a Case: Analyzing the Object of Courtwork Activity in
Transition
Vaula Haavisto, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 8, 1998 Monday
Discourse Construction - II: Social Construction of Knowledge
Chair: Mercedes Cubero, University of Sevilla, Spain
Communications on a Child Abuse Hotline: Implications for Activity
Theory and Practice
Robert J. Beck, University of California, Irvine, USA
Kathleen L. Bridges, Orange County Social Services Agency, USA
Carolle Lundberg, Orange County Social Services Agency, USA
Carol Mitchell, Orange County Social Services Agency, USA
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Theme 1.4 Activity, Thinking, and Communication
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 25 14:30 - 18:00
Development of Creative Activity
Chair: Gertrud Kamper, Berlin Academy of Art, Germany
The Micro-Social Context of Problem Generation in Science: Some
Reflections From a Case-Study on Anthropology/Ethnology and
Cognitive Psychology
Jan Bärmark, University of Göteborg, Sweden
Purpose, Dialogism and Addressivity in Creative Writing
Lisa Satanovsky, Washington University, USA
Development of Research Topics/Problems in Graduate Students' Ph.D.
Work
Carl Martin Allwood, Göteborg University, Sweden
Social Institutions and Cultural-Historical Factors in Forming Highly
Productive Human Activity
Larisa V. Shavinina, National Institute for the Study of Work and
Professional Orientation, France
And What About Creativity? Some Ideas Concerning the Thinking About
and the Place and Role of Creativity
Gertrud Kamper, Berlin Academy of Art, Germany
Discussant
Vera John-Steiner, University of New Mexico, USA
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Theme 3.3 Defining Units of Analysis
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 26 14:30 - 17:30
The Paradigm of Nonclassic Psychology of Human
Development: From Relativity of Activity to Relativity of
Consciousness
Co-Chairs:
Aleksandr Asmolov, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
Vitali V. Rubtsov, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
The Paradigm of Nonclassic Psychology of Human Development: From
Relativity of Activity to Relativity of Consciousness
Aleksandr Asmolov, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
Activity Concept of Relativity
Peeter Tulviste, University of Tartu, Estonia
Personal Sense as a Unit of Consciousness and Activity
Aleksei A. Leontiev, The Leo Tolstoy Institute, Russia
Designing of the Worlds and Mutual Activity
Vitali V. Rubtsov, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
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Theme 3.1 Theoretical Controversies
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 27 14:30 - 18:00
Conceptualization of Personality in Activity
Chair: Dmitri A. Leontiev, Moscow State University, Russia
Construction of Subjective Destiny Representation as Personal
Existential Activity
Veronica Nourkova, Moscow State University, Russia
Actor's Mental State as a Personality System Forming Unit of Human
Activity
V. N. Yurchenko, G.S. Kostiuk's Institute of Psychology, Ukraine
Deed as a Unit of Analysis in Historical Psychology
Helena E. Sokolova, Moscow State University, Russia
Human Motivation, Activity and Personality
Gustavo Pineda, University of Managua, Nicaragua
Sense Generation and its Psychological Mechanisms
Dmitri A. Leontiev, Moscow State University, Russia
From Units of Analysis to Beings in Transformation
Aydan Gülerce, Bogazici University, Turkey
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 28 14:30 - 17:00
Basic Psychological Processes - II
Chair: Manuel L. de la Mata, University of Sevilla, Spain
Activity Theory and the Neuropsychological Study of the Spatial
Functions in the Elderly
Elena Balachova, Moscow State University, Russia
Application of the Zone of Proximal Development to the Aging
Natalia K. Korsakova, Moscow State University, Russia
The Sign Language and the Deaf: Social Actions and Sign Construction
Paulo Eduardo Mendes da Silva, Catholic Pontifical University of São
Paulo, Brazil
Discussant
Alberto Rosa, The Autonomous University Madrid, Spain
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Theme 2.2 Social Practice and Cultural Minorities
June 8, 1998 Monday
Session 29 14:30 - 17:00
Excellence and Equity through Institutional Linkages
Chair: Olga A. Vásquez, University of California, San Diego, USA
"Success" and "Failure" in the Fifth Dimension Cultural System
Margaret Gallego, University of California, San Diego, USA
Robert Rueda, University of Southern California, USA
Literacy Learning of Latino Children in Bilingual Computer-Mediated
Activity Systems
Richard Durán, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Olga A. Vásquez, University of California, San Diego, USA
Communications with the Wizard: An Extra Opportunity for Learning
English as a Second Language
Irina Verenikina, University of Wollongong, Australia
Cognition, Context and Co-determining Learning: A Social Practice
Perspective on Equity and Excellence
Lynda Stone, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Kris Gutierrez, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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Invited Panel
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 30 8:30 - 10:30
Texts of National Identity
Chair: James V. Wertsch, Washington University, USA
Contributors
Sirkka Ahonen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Aleksandr Asmolov, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
Jens Brockmeier, OISE/University of Toronto, Canada
Carol Feldman, New York University, USA
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Invited Panel
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 31 8:30 - 10:30
Activity Theory and the Study of Work and Organizations
Chair: Yrjö Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
Contributors
Frank Blackler, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom
Yrjö Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
Roberta Hill, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Naoki Ueno, National Institute for Educational Research, Japan
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 32 11:00 - 13:00
Current Challenges for Developing Conception of Personality in
the Cultural-Historical Approach; its Consequences into
Education Practice
Chair: Fernando González Rey, University of Havana, Cuba
Contextual, Interactional and Subjective Dimensions of Cooperation and
Competition: A Co-Constructivist Analysis
Angela Branco, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Activity and Personality Self Development
Gloria Fariñas León, University of Havana, Cuba
Personality, Subject and Human Development; the Subjective Character
of Human Activity
Fernando González Rey, University of Havana, Cuba
Activity and Theory of Personality
Hiram Váldes, High Institute of Sport Research, Cuba
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Theme 2.3 Technology and Work
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 33 11:00 - 13:00
Technology and the Learning Organization - II
Chair: Susanne Bødker, University of Aarhus, Denmark
The Self-Assembling Organisation: Learning through Bricolage
Dan Shapiro, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom
Activities, Networks and Information Systems: Can Nigerian Systems
Developers Make Use of Developmental Work Research?
Mikko Korpela, University of Kuopio, Finland
K.C. Olufokunbi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
H. A. Soriyan, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
On the Dialectics of Coordination and Cooperation at Work
Christoph Clases, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Theo Wehner, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Discussant
Susanne Bødker, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Theme 2.6 Electronic Communication
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 34 11:00 - 13:00
Crossing Boundaries between Work Practices by Means of
Electronic Communication
Chair: Kari Kuutti, University of Oulu, Finland
Crossing Boundaries between Work Practices by Means of Electronic
Communication
Jakob Bardram, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Centres, Peripheries, and Electronic Communication
Geraldine Fitzpatrick, University of Queensland, Australia
Implementation of an Electronic Communication Network in an Alliance
of Subcontracting Companies
Hanna Toiviainen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Virtual Prototype - A Common Boundary Object for Distant Designers
Tuomo Tuikka, University of Oulu, Finland
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Theme 1.4 Activity, Thinking, and Communication
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 35 11:00 - 13:00
Acquisition of Writing Activity
Chair: Ritva Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
Dialogue between the Initial and High Forms of Consciousness is a
Condition for Creative Development
T.Y. Sokolova, School-Lyceum No. 204, Russia
The Method to Prevent the Negative Impact of Electronic Media on
Developing the Young Generation Dominative Activity
Nicolas Bastun, Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, Ukraine
Veniamin Litovsky, Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, Ukraine
A Bakhtinian Approach to Speech in The Teaching of Writing
Irina Staragina, Center of Developmental Education, Ukraine
An Activity Theory Model of Languaging for Composition Pedagogy
Judith Diamondstone, Rutgers University, USA
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Theme 2.7 Welfare State
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 36 11:00 - 13:00
Civil Society, the State and the International Community
Chair: Yrjö-Paavo Häyrynen, University of Joensuu, Finland
British 'Consensus' vs Swedish 'Samförstånd' in Parliamentary Debates
Cornelia Ilie, Stockholm University, Sweden
Lennart Hellspong, University of Södertörn, Sweden
Reflections on Internationalization - from the Angle of Cultural
Sociology, Wittgenstein's Notion and an Empirical Study
Yrjö-Paavo Häyrynen, University of Joensuu, Finland
Service-Learning as Transformative Agent in a University Curriculum:
Mediation between Gesellschaft and Gemeinschaft
Elizabeth Henning, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa
Dora Daniels, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa
Discussant
Peeter Tulviste, University of Tartu, Estonia
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 37 11:00 - 13:00
Analyzing Teacher/Student Classroom Discourse
Chair: Roger Säljö, University of Göteborg, Sweden
A Relational Approach to Thinking About Participating in Classroom
Social Practice
Carol Linehan, University College Cork, Ireland
John McCarthy, University College Cork, Ireland
Classroom Discourse: A Sociocultural Perspective on Learning and
Learning Disabilities
Myra J. Kraker, Calvin College, USA
Narrative and Argument in Teachers and Researcher Interactions on
Classroom Discourse: Different Ways of Organizing Salient and
Problematic Action
Maria Cécilia Camargo Magalhães, Catholic Pontifical University of São
Paulo, Brazil
Discussant
Mariëtte Hoogsteder, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Theme 1.3 Changing and Building Institutions
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 38 11:00 - 13:00
Transformation from Homogeneity and Monologue to Diversity
and Dialogue in Japanese Educational Practice
Chair: Noboru Takahashi, Osaka University of Education, Japan
From Monologic to Dialogic Understanding: A Case Study of Japanese
Mathematics Classroom
Kayo Matsushita, Gunma University, Japan
Recognizing Social Problems in Social Studies Education
Katsuhiro Yamazumi, Osaka University of Education, Japan
Handicapped Children Meet Heterogeneous Others in School and
Learning Begins
Noboru Takahashi, Osaka University of Education, Japan
Discussant
Yrjö Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Theme 2.7 Welfare State
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 39 11:00 - 13:00
Changes in Welfare State Practices and their Psychology -I:
Constitution of Subjects in Welfare State Practices
Co-Chairs: Morten Nissen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Kenneth Hultqvist, Stockholm School of Education, Sweden
Mobilizing Street Kids: The Action Contexts of Independence
Morten Nissen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Creativity, Schooling, Educational Research and Political Rationality.
The Reinvention of the Subject of Schooling
Kenneth Hultqvist, Stockholm School of Education, Sweden
Discourses of Learning and Individuality in the Present-Day Welfare
State
Line Lerche Mørck, Danish Research and Development Center for Adult
Education, Denmark
Using the Disease Model of Substance Addiction: Societal Perspectives
on Psycho-Social Treatment
Morten Hesse, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Louise Østergaard, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Anne Jønsson, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Theme 2.4 Designing Artifacts
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 40 11:00 - 13:00
Perspectives on Designed Artifacts and Mathematical Learning
Chair: Paul Cobb, Vanderbilt University, USA
Talking Reality into Being: Investigating the Co-Emergence of the
Discourse of Mathematics and of its Objects
Anna Sfard, University of Haifa, Israel
Artifacts and Notational Systems as Tools for Understanding
Mathematics
Analucia D. Schliemann, Tufts University, USA
The Interplay between Form and Function in Children's Use of Artifacts
Geoffrey Saxe, University of California, Berkeley, USA
From Representations to Symbolizing: Individual and Communal
Development in the Mathematics Classroom
Paul Cobb, Vanderbilt University, USA
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 41 11:00 - 13:00
The Constitution of Subjectivity within Social Practices:
Memory and Change
Chair: Ana Luiza Bustamente Smolka, State University of Campinas,
Brazil
A Nation Transfigured? Discourse, Memory and the Death of a Princess
Andrew Lock, Massey University, New Zealand
Chris Sinha, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Remembering as Social Practice: Identity and Life Story Work in
Transitions of Care for People with Profound Learning Disabilities
Helen Hewitt, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
David Middleton, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Images, Words and Desires: Bits and Pieces in the Weaving of Memories
to Make a (Hi)story
Ana Luiza Bustamente Smolka, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Adriana Lia Friszman de Laplane, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Elizabeth dos Santos Braga, State University of Ponta Grossa, Brazil
Discussant
James V. Wertsch, Washington University, USA
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Theme 1.2 Institutions and Organizations
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 42 11:00 - 13:00
Discourse and Socialization in Families
Chair: Clotilde Pontecorvo, University of Rome, Italy
Mutual Apprentices: How Children and Parents Learn Their Roles in
Family Conversation
Clotilde Pontecorvo, University of Rome, Italy
A. Fasulo, University of Rome, Italy
L. Sterponi, University of Rome, Italy
Narrative as Prayer
Lisa Capps, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Elinor Ochs, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
On Jokes and Metaphors in Multiparty Talk - Nonliteral Interaction in
Family Therapy Sessions
Karin Aronsson, University of Linköping, Sweden
Ann-Christin Cederborg, University of Linköping, Sweden
Discussant
Tiia Tulviste, University of Tartu, Estonia
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Theme 1.3 Changing and Building Institutions
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 43 11:00 - 13:00
Development Of and Through Artistic Activity
Chair: Hanne Holm, Seminariet for Formgivning, Denmark
Theory and Assimilative Practice in the Creative Process within the
Present Development of Education
John Bertelsen, Seminariet for Formgivning, Denmark
Hanne Holm, Seminariet for Formgivning, Denmark
Art Mediating Learning: Art Activities and the Culture of School
J. David Betts, University of Arizona, USA
Becoming a Performer: Learning and Communication in the
Apprenticeship of Performing Arts
Masato Fukushima, International University of Japan, Japan
A Format for Collecting and Designing Cultural Artifacts for Use in a
Multicultural Classroom
Joseph Uduehi, Northern Illinois University, USA
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Theme 1.4 Activity, Thinking, and Communication
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 44 11:00 - 13:00
Entering Society: Infants and Young Children's Activities
Chair: Eva Ullstadius, University of Göteborg, Sweden
Development of Orienting in Infants: Shifting Attention from Adults'
Face to Adults' Hand
Sachiko Amano, Kagawa Nutrition University, Japan
Emiko Kezuka Mori, Gunma Prefectual Women's University, Japan
Atsuko Yamamoto, Kagawa Nutrition Junior College, Japan
Interactions of 9 to 20 Month Old Babies Attending a Public Creche and
Their Importance for Language Construction
Glaís S. Cordeiro, University of Geneva, Switzerland
The Development of Mother-Infant Conflict in the First 15 Months
Eva Ullstadius, University of Göteborg, Sweden
Mechanisms of Societal Mediation in Emotional Development
Manfred Holodynski, University of Bielefeld, Germany
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Theme 1.3 Changing and Building Institutions
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 45 11:00 - 13:00
Activity Approaches to School Improvement and Innovation
Chair: Bea Pompert, Hogeschool Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Activity Approaches in Environmental Education
Piet Conijn, Hogeschool Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Marianne Uylings, Hogeschool Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Learning Mathematics: To Count on the Teacher within Meaningful
Activities
Niko Fijma, Hogeschool Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Preventing Failure in Learning to Read and Write
Elly de Geus-Dorgelo, Hogeschool Alkmaar, The Netherlands
From Play-Activity to Learning Activity: Developmental Education for
Young Children (4-8 years)
Didy van Brandwijk, Hogeschool Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Bea Pompert, Hogeschool Alkmaar, The Netherlands
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Theme 2.3 Technology and Work
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 46 14:30 - 18:00
Arne Raeithel's Contributions to Activity Theory
Co-Chairs:
Christoph Clases, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Switzerland
Michael Cole, University of California, San Diego, USA
Re-centering in Virtuality: Arne Raeithel on the XLCHC
Eva Ekeblad, University of Göteborg, Sweden
Mach's Hen, Peircean Triadomania, Diagrammatic Enthusiasm, and
Possible Futures of Psychological Methodology - Semiotic Ecological
Communion with Arne Raeithel
Alfred Lang, University of Bern, Switzerland
Coordination, Cooperation and Communication in Work Teams: A Line
of Research Sparkled by Arne Raeithel
Yrjö Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
From Theory to Practice in Applied Psychology: Arne Raeithel's Concept
of Cooperative Model Production
Christoph Clases, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
An Activity-Theoretical Approach - A Way to Useful Software
Christian Dahme, Humboldt University, Germany
Talking Matters at Work: Arne Raeithel's Scholarship and the Semiotic
Regulation of Cooperative Work
David Middleton, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
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Theme 2.4 Designing Artifacts
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 47 14:30 - 18:00
Creating Artifacts: Design of Activities and Activities of Design
Chair: Victor Kaptelinin, University of Umeå, Sweden
Usability Work: From Snapshot to Development of Use
Susanne Bødker, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Pernille Marqvardsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Christina Nielsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Kim Halskov Madsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
BUILD-IT: Intuitive Plant Layout Mediated by Natural Interaction
Morten Fjeld, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Martin Bichsel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Matthias Rauterberg, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Reconciling Information Processing and Activity Theories: a Foundation
Model for Creating Cognitive Artefacts
Monique Linard, University of Paris 10 - Nanterre, France
Claire Belisle, MRASH, France
Romain Zeiliger, GATE-CNRS, France
An Activity Theoretical Approach to Design of Computer Support for
Cooperative Work
Jakob Bardram, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Collaborative Technologies and Shared Workspaces: Transforming the
Activity of School Administration
William R. Penuel, San Francisco Unified School District, USA
Andrew Cohen, Workplace Technologies Group, USA
Individual Interface Design for Executive Information Systems: An
Activity Theory Approach
Edward Gould, University of Wollongong, Australia
Irina Verenikina, University of Wollongong, Australia
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Theme 2.3 Technology and Work
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 48 14:30 - 17:00
Introducing Electronic Records in Medical Settings
Chair: Randi Markussen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Envisioning and Historicizing: Incomplete Utopian Projects
Judith Gregory, Kaiser Permanente, USA
Constituting the Trading Zone Integrating the Electronic Record
Randi Markussen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Finn Olesen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Integration and Dis-Integration: Hospital Information Systems and
Hospital Practice
John McCarthy, University College Cork, Ireland
Brenda O'Connor, University College Cork, Ireland
Does a Common Client Data System Help Cross the Boundary between
Social Welfare and Health Care?
Ritva Poikela, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Theme 3.1 Theoretical Controversies
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 49 14:30 - 17:30
Rethinking the Zone of Proximal Development: Multiple
Approaches from Learners' View
Chair: Yutaka Sayeki, University of Tokyo, Japan
Anger, Reconciliation, and Emancipation: ZPD as an Area of
Emancipation from Conflicts and Struggles through the Dialogue with
Alien "Voices"
Yutaka Sayeki, University of Tokyo, Japan
Yumi Hoshi, University of Tokyo, Japan
"Haai, Doraemon." "Yeees, What's up": Pretend Play as ZPD for a
Mother and a Child in Bathing Activity
Chikako Toma, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
An Initial Assessment of the Predominant Interpretation of ZPD and an
Expansion on the Term as used in Schooling Contexts; Learning with
Feeling within Relationships?
Peter Kutnick, Roehampton Institute, United Kingdom
The Zone of Proximal Development as a Symbolic Space
Stephen Lerman, South Bank University, United Kingdom
Luciano L. Meira, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Transitions in the Mutual Construction of the Zones of Proximal
Development in Parent-Child Dyads
Pentti Hakkarainen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Aili Helenius, University of Oulu, Finland
Kaisa Tolonen, University of Oulu, Finland
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 50 14:30 - 18:00
National Identity, National Narratives, Nationalism
Chair: Chris Sinha, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Is a Compatriot more Intelligent than a Foreigner: Favoritism or
Reciprocity?
Nicktchehreh Mohseni, University of Tehran, Iran
Identity and Discourse: Debates as a Tool to Approach the Dialogical
and Discursive Nature of Culture Identity
Juan-Daniel Ramírez, University of Sevilla, Spain
Maria J. Marco-Macarro, University of Pablo de Olavide, Spain
Beatriz Macías Gómez Estern, University of Sevilla, Spain
Adult Literacy and the Construction of Cultural Identity
José A. Sánchez-Medina, University of Sevilla, Spain
Maria J. Marco-Macarro, University of Pablo de Olavide, Spain
Josué Garcia-Amián, University of Sevilla, Spain
A Comparative Study about the Development of National Identity
between Catalonia and Andalusia (Spain)
A. del Valle, University of Girona, Spain
I. Vila, University of Girona, Spain
A. Giménez de la Peña, University of Girona, Spain
S. Perera, University of Girona, Spain
P. Monreal, University of Girona, Spain
Histories of National Narratives: A Comparison of Greenland and
Lithuania
Andreas Roepstorff, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Narratives, Personal Sense, Chronotope & Identity
Rauf R. Karakozov, University of Baku, Azerbaijan
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Theme 3.1 Theoretical Controversies
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 51 14:30 - 17:30
Activity Theory: Philosophical Resources and Theoretical
Challenges
Chair: Tim Ingold, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Vico as a Precursor of Cultural Psychology
Giuseppe Mininni, University of Bari, Italy
Of Baskets and Birds' Nests: Skill and the Construction of Artefacts
Tim Ingold, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Retrieving Philosophical Themes in Vygotsky's Writings -
Anti-Foundationalism and Pragmatism
Jan Derry, University of London, United Kingdom
Culture, Psychic Life and Communication
Vladislav A. Lektorsky, Russian Academy of Philosophy, Russia
Discussant
Bernd Fichtner, University of Siegen, Germany
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Theme 2.7 Welfare State
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 52 14:30 - 18:00
Changes in Welfare State Practices and their Psychology - II:
Users and Welfare State Practices
Chair: Ole Dreier, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
From Clients to Users of Health Care Services: Contradictory Changes
and Contradictory Reasons
Ole Dreier, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
The Ironies Paradoxes of Politics and Possibilities: 'Empowering' US
Behavioral Health Care Recipients While Ending US Welfare as We
Know it
David Hakken, State University of New York, USA
The Emergence and Role of Client Perspectives in and on Cancer
Treatment
Hysse B. Forchhammer, County Hospital of Gentofte, Denmark
Changes in Welfare State Health Practices: Living with Hereditary
Diseases
Lotte Huniche, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Psychotherapy as Social Practice: The Ways of Institutionalization
Anna B. Fenko, Moscow University, Russia
Levers of Empowerment for Excluded Persons
W. de Graaf, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
G. Hoogenboezem, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
R. Maier, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Theme 3.1 Theoretical Controversies
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 53 14:30 - 17:30
Extending the Cultural Historical Traditions
Chair: Dorothy Robbins, Central Missouri State University, USA
The Foundations of Cultural-Historical and Activity Approaches in
Psychology
Gennadi G. Kravtsov, Laboratory of Psychology and Pedagogy of
Education, Russia
Problems of Fitting Vygotsky Into a Western Perspective
Dorothy Robbins, Central Missouri State University, USA
What is Missing in Vygotsky's and Piaget's Works to have a More
Profound Theory of Activity
Gérard Vergnaud, CNRS - University of Paris-VIII, France
Lost--or Merely Domesticated? The Boom in Socio-Historicocultural
Theory Emphasizes Some Concepts, Overlooks Others
Mohamed Elhammoumi, USA
Semiotically Mediated Action as the Unit of Analysis in Socio-Cultural
Research: A Theoretical and Empirical Approach
Mercedes Cubero, University of Sevilla, Spain
Manuel L. de la Mata, University of Sevilla, Spain
José A. Sánchez-Medina, University of Sevilla, Spain
Andrés Santamaría, University of Sevilla, Spain
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Theme 1.4 Activity, Thinking, and Communication
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 54 14:30 - 18:00
Parent-Child Relations in Contemporary Society
Chair: Lars-Christer Hydén, Stockholm University, Sweden
Theoretical Models to Understand Household Activities: The
Contribution of the Activity Theory and Everyday Cognition Approach
Terttu Tuomi-Gröhn, University of Helsinki, Finland
What is a Home? How the Families Construct a Home with Their
Everyday Actions?
Pirjo Korvela, University of Helsinki, Finland
Parents and Social Workers Talking about New Family Forms and
Parental Responsibilities
Lars-Christer Hydén, Stockholm University, Sweden
Margareta Hydén, Stockholm University, Sweden
Different Modes of Understanding: The Task of Conceptualizing Single
Parenthood within the Child Welfare System
Agnes Andenæs, Norwegian Social Research, Norway
The Formation of Adult-Child Relationships in Exceptional Care
Arrangements
Oddbjørg Skjær Ulvik, University of Oslo, Norway
Cognitive Processing of Emotional Loss
Ask Elklit, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Lise Jind, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Theme 2.5 Learning Disabilities and Handicaps
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 55 14:30 - 17:30
Vygotsky in the Classroom
Chair: Sigrun Gudmundsdottir, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Norway
Traveling from School to Everyday Life to Integrate a Child with Special
Needs
Pilar Lacasa, University of Cordoba, Spain
Carolina Peinado, University of Cordoba, Spain
Maria Albuquerque, University of Cordoba, Spain
Sonia Guzman, University of Cordoba, Spain
A Social Skills Intervention Program for Children at Risk of Developing
Behavioural Problems
Annlaug Flem, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Norway
Ragnar Thygesen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Norway
Elin Magnes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Harald Valås, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Norway
Remedial Instruction Program for a Child with Learning Disabilities: A
Case Study
Ragnheidur Karlsdottir, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Norway
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Theme 2.5 Learning Disabilities and Handicaps
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Vygotsky in the Classroom
Chair: Sigrun Gudmundsdottir, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Norway
Inclusion in Special Education: A Vygotskian Perspective
Sigrun Gudmundsdottir, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Norway
Torrill Moen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Norway
Wigdis Dypvik, Trondheim Municipal School District, Norway
Discussants
Eugene Matusov, University of Delaware, USA
Jacquelyn Baker-Sennett, University of British Columbia, Canada
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Theme 1.2 Institutions and Organizations
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 56 14:30 - 18:00
Culture and Learning in Educational Organizations
Chair: Andrew Pollard, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Introduction
Guy Claxton, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
National Culture, Educational Goals and Pupil Experience of
Schooling: A Comparative Study
Marilyn Osborn, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
'Situated Practice', 'Mediated Action', 'Critical Framing' and
'Transformative Practice' in the Context of Four Rapidly Changing
Societies
David Johnson, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
'Playing the System': Pupil Learning and 'Strategic Biographies'
Andrew Pollard, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
'Every Meaning Will Have its Homecoming Festival': A Mesogenetic
Approach to Actions of Teaching and Learning in Mundane Classroom
Events
Malcolm Reed, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Tool Kits, Teachers and New Technologies
Rosamund Sutherland, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Discussant
James V. Wertsch, Washington University, USA
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Theme 1.4 Activity, Thinking, and Communication
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 57 14:30 - 18:00
Family Influence on Socialization and Language/Speech
Acquisition
Chair: Karin Aronsson, University of Linköping, Sweden
Parental Ideas about Young Children's Discursive Participation in Two
Cultures
Vibeke Grøver Aukrust, University of Oslo, Norway
Parents' Implicit Theory about Personal Characteristics of Their
Children: Parental Big Five
Aleksandar Baucal, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Activity and Socioculture
Karin Junefelt, Stockholm University, Sweden
Tiia Tulviste, University of Tartu, Estonia
Socialization through Story-Telling
Mary van der Riet, Rhodes University, South Africa
Effects of Narratives on the Speaking about the Action: The Role of
Family Interactions in Actions Construction and in the Ways of Speaking
about Them
Roxane Helena Rodrigues Rojo, Catholic Pontifical University of São
Paulo, Brazil
Family Interactions in Two Neighbouring Countries on Each Side of the
Baltic Sea - Sweden and Estonia
Tiia Tulviste, University of Tartu, Estonia
Lennart Hellspong, University of Södertörn, Sweden
Luule Kants, University of Tartu, Estonia
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 58 14:30 - 18:00
Development of Learning Activity - I: Acquisition of Scientific
Knowledge through Collaborative Practice
Chair: Ed Elbers, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Science Literacy in the Making in an Inner-City Youth Program: "They
Take the Time to Show us How a Plant Grows"
Jrene Rahm, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Collaborative Learning and the Social Construction of Knowledge in the
Classroom
Ed Elbers, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Learning to Participate in a Research Community: Writing Scientific
Texts in Primary Grade Special Education Classrooms
Paul F. Conway, Michigan State University, USA
Carol Sue Englert, Michigan State University, USA
Development of Learning Activity - II: Development of
Theoretical Thinking
Chair: Ed Elbers, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Every-Day Knowledge: Does it Use or Ignore in the Process of
Education?
Elena Savina, Orel State University, Russia
The Metacognition Process in Learning Biology and Chemistry
Elbia Myriam Vazquez, National University of San Luis, Argentina
Rodolfo Rubén Nieto, National University of San Luis, Argentina
Monica Laurentina Gatica, National University of San Luis, Argentina
Maria Cassanitti, National University of San Luis, Argentina
Computer Artifacts and Mathematical Abstraction
Baruch Schwarz, Hebrew University, Israel
Rina Hershkowitz, The Weizmann Institute, Israel
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Theme 2.2 Social Practice and Cultural Minorities
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 59 14:30 - 17:30
Societal Practice and Cultural Minority Education - II
Chair: Mariane Hedegaard, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Culture in School and Society: Turkish Children in Danish Schools
Mariane Hedegaard, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Transforming of Ethnocultural Tradition in a Modern Context: Context
for the Personal Development
Olga Kritskaya, Paraske'va, Russia
A Problem of Tolerance Development in a Multicultural Society from the
Cultural-Historical Approach and the Theory of Activity Point of View
Valentina Pavlenko, Kharkov State University, Ukraine
Teenager's Cultural Activities: Construction of Classrooms' Cultural
Environment
Nata Krylova, Institute of Pedagogical Innovations, Russia
Marina Kniazeva, Institute of Pedagogical Innovations, Russia
Timur Astashev, Institute of Pedagogical Innovations, Russia
Minority/Majority Relationships: An Educational Alternative to Get the
Empowerment of a Gypsy Community in Barcelona
José Luis Lalueza, The Autonomous University Barcelona, Spain
Isabel Crespo, The Autonomous University Barcelona, Spain
Cristina Pallí, The Autonomous University Barcelona, Spain
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 60 14:30 - 17:30
Culture and Reasoning: Understanding Thought Processes
through Social Practices of Culturally Diverse Groups in
Contemporary Societies
Chair: Elvira Souza Lima, CEPAOS, Brazil
The Dialectics of Cultural Development
Marcel Guimarães Lima, University of Illinois, USA
Constructing a Language for Learning in Classrooms
Judith Green, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Carol Dixon, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Cultural Experience in Thought Processes: Transforming Teachers'
Experiences through Use of Diverse Forms of Semiotic Mediation
Elvira Souza Lima, CEPAOS, Brazil
A Cultural Tool in Ethno-Historical Perspective: Literacy in Two
Mexican Villages
Elsie Rockwell, Centre for Research and Advanced Studies, Mexico
Discussant
Vera John-Steiner, University of New Mexico, USA
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Special Event
June 9, 1998 Tuesday
Session 61 20:00 - 22:00
In Memory of Vasili V. Davydov (1930-1998)
Chair: Mariane Hedegaard, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Contributors
Lioutsia Bertsfai, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
Joachim Lompscher, University of Potsdam, Germany
Serena Veggetti, University of Rome 1, Italy
Vladimir Zinchenko, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
Kiyoshi Amano, Chuo University, Japan
Michael Cole, University of California, San Diego, USA
Yrjö Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
Vitali V. Rubtsov, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
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Theme 3.2 Challenges to Cultural-Historical
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 62 8:30 - 10:30
Human Agency in Cultural-Historical Approaches: Problems
and Perspectives
Chair: Anna Stetsenko, University of Bern, Switzerland
Human Agency: How Much is Explained in Cultural-Historical
Approach?
Anna Stetsenko, University of Bern, Switzerland
Dialogue and the Development of the Agentic Individual: An
Educational Perspective
Gordon Wells, University of Toronto, Canada
The Ecology of Agency
Allan Costall, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Discussant
Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Theme 2.3 Technology and Work
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 63 8:30 - 10:30
Learning as Boundary Crossing among Communities and
History
Co-Chairs: Naoki Ueno, National Institute for Educational Research, Japan
Yuji Moro, University of Tsukuba, Japan
The Artifacts of Boundary Crossing in Computer Systems Design
Susanne Bødker, University of Aarhus, Denmark
When the Center Doesn't Hold: The Importance of Knotworking in
Organizational Learning
Yrjö Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
Restoring Activity
Yuji Moro, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Organizing Multiple Vision
Yasuko Kawatoko, Daito Buka University, Japan
Inscriptions That Organize a Network for Multiple Accountabilities in
the Practice of Distribution and Exchange
Naoki Ueno, National Institute for Educational Research, Japan
Discussants
Naoki Ueno, National Institute for Educational Research, Japan
Susan Leigh Star, University of Illinois, USA
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Theme 2.3 Technology and Work
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 64 8:30 - 10:30
The Application of Activity Theory to Information Systems
Chair: Helen Hasan, University of Wollongong, Australia
A Holistic Approach to Executive Information Systems Using Activity
Theory
Helen Hasan, University of Wollongong, Australia
Interactive School Population Modelling Design
Edward Gould, University of Wollongong, Australia
Business Process Modelling
Peter Larkin, University of Wollongong, Australia
Discussant
Irina Verenikina, University of Wollongong, Australia
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Theme 2.6 Electronic Communication
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 65 8:30 - 10:30
Learning as a Promoter of Change in Complex Systems:
Human Interactive Methods - I
Chair: Lars-Åke Lindberg, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Emerging Collective Metaphysics in Future Work Shops
Lars-Åke Lindberg, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Developmental Work Research in Community Development
Anne Metsola, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Networking as Learning Structures
Maria Müller, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Forum Theatre
Walter Ruth, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
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Theme 2.4 Designing Artifacts
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 66 8:30 - 10:30
Innovation and User Activities
Chair: Reijo Miettinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
From Laboratory to Society -Problems of Context Transitions
Reijo Miettinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
How Clients' Participation Alters Discussion in a Product Development
Meeting
Jaakko Virkkunen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Heli Ahonen, University of Helsinki, Finland
An Interface of Knowledge between Academia and Industry in Portugal
Manuel Graca, University of Porto, Portugal
Two Perspectives on Innovation Processes and Networks
Janne Lehenkari, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Theme 2.6 Electronic Communication
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 67 8:30 - 10:30
The Use of Computer Technology in Informal Education
Communities
Chair: Eugene Matusov, University of Delaware, USA
The Fifth Dimension Clearinghouse and Propagation Center
William E. Blanton, Appalachian State University, USA
Melanie W. Greene, Appalachian State University, USA
Erin Simmons, Appalachian State University, USA
Subjective Nature of Sociocultural Activity: Examples from the
Developing UCSC UC-Links Project
Eugene Matusov, University of Delaware, USA
Cathy Angelillo, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Pablo Chavajay, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Accommodating Diversity in Activity Systems: The Fifth Dimension as a
Heterogenerative Artifact
Honorine Nocon, University of California, San Diego, USA
Discussant
Berthel Sutter, University of Karlskrona/Ronneby, Sweden
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Theme 3.3 Defining Units of Analysis
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 68 8:30 - 10:30
Cultural and Historical Dimension of Time
Chair: Jay L. Lemke, City University of New York, USA
The Order of the Present: Cultural and Individual Forms of Time in
Autobiographical Narratives
Jens Brockmeier, OISE/University of Toronto, Canada
Semiotic Artifacts, Power, and Heterochrony in the Mediation of
Organizational Activity
Jay L. Lemke, City University of New York, USA
Proposal of a New Structural Model for Time Perspective
Manabu Tsuzuki, Chuo University, Japan
The Social Construction of Worktime
Cristina Zucchermaglio, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
Alessandra Talamo, University "La Sapienza" Rome, Italy
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 69 8:30 - 10:30
Learning Activity and Development - I
Chair: Joachim Lompscher, University of Potsdam, Germany
Introduction
Joachim Lompscher, University of Potsdam, Germany
Activity Theory Approach to Learning as a Basis for New Didactics
Nina Talysina, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Russia
Instruction and Development in Elementary School
Hartmut Giest, University of Potsdam, Germany
How the Learning Task is Originated in Cooperative Activity
Galina Zuckerman, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 70 8:30 - 10:30
Play as a Context for Cultural Learning
Chair: Bert van Oers, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Play as a Cultural Mediator at Age Five to Seven
Rolf Oerter, Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany
Young Children's Play and Cultural Learning: A Look at Unprivileged
Populations
Zilma de Moraes Ramos de Oliveira, University of São Paolo, Brazil
Argumentation and Pretend Play among Three-Year-Old Children
Sylvie Rayna, National Institute for Educational Research, France
Discussant
Bert van Oers, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Theme 3.1 Theoretical Controversies
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 71 8:30 - 10:30
Marxism and Cultural-Historical Psychology
Chair: Charles W. Tolman, University of Victoria, Canada
Activity Theory and 'Ideality'
Peter E. Jones, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Marxian Dialectics: Genealogy and Epistemology
Benny Karpatschof, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Past, Present, and Future Uses of Activity Theory in Cultural Psychology
Carl Ratner, Humboldt State University, USA
Philosophy from the Standpoint of Action: Marx, Macmurray,
Wittgenstein
Charles W. Tolman, University of Victoria, Canada
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Theme 1.3 Changing and Building Institutions
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 72 8:30 - 10:30
Activity Approaches to Teacher's Work
Chair: Arkady Margolis, International College of Education and
Psychology,
Russia
Reflecting on Teaching and Teacher Education Reforms
Marianne N. Bloch, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Learning in Action: Learning to Teach as Participatory Appropriation
Ann Edwards, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Lynn Ogden, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Changes in the Organization of Teacher Collaboration and Ways to
Network: A Longitudinal Study of Two Teacher Teams
Merja Kärkkäinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
The Formation of Science Teachers: The Ontology of This Social Being
from the Understanding of his Labor World and his Activity
Luiz Carlos Nascimento da Rosa, Federal University of Santa Catarina,
Brazil
Maria Cécilia Marcondes de Moraes, Federal University of Santa
Catarina, Brazil
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 73 8:30 - 10:30
Construction of Identities within Institutions
Chair: Lars Fant, Stockholm University, Sweden
Identity Construction in a Religious Community - A Sociocultural
Perspective
Victoria M.L. Yew, University of Sydney, Australia
Richard A. Walker, University of Sydney, Australia
Three Stories From a Multimedia Company
Jonna Kangasoja, University of Helsinki, Finland
Disrupting Institutional Discourses and Forging Hybrid Identities
through Critical Social Practice
George Kamberelis, Purdue University, USA
Lenora de la Luna, Purdue University, USA
Deborah Gardiner, Elementary School, USA
The Negotiation of Academic Identity
Lars Fant, Stockholm University, Sweden
Karin Junefelt, Stockholm University, Sweden
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Theme 2.2 Social Practice and Cultural Minorities
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 74 8:30 - 10:30
Societal Practice and Cultural Minority Education - I
Chair: Esteban Diaz, California State University, San Bernardino, USA
Acquisition of Socio-Moral, Emotional, and Intellectual Competencies by
Russian Schoolchildren in Schools of Helsinki City
Andrei Podolskij, Moscow State University, Russia
Olga Idobaeva, Moscow State University, Russia
Tatiana Podolskaia, Moscow State University, Russia
Jarkko Hautamäki, University of Helsinki, Finland
Zones of Negative Development: Analysis of Classroom Activities and the
Academic Performance of Bilingual, Mexican American Students in the
United States
Esteban Diaz, California State University, San Bernardino, USA
Jose Hernandez, California State University, USA
Academic Failure among Primeiro Grau Children in Southern Brazil:
The Understanding of Processes
Magda F. Damiani, University of London, United Kingdom
Social Development and Learning: The Origin of Inequality Among
Countries and Possible Solutions
Checa Liebana, University of Granada, Spain
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 75 11:00 - 13:00
Historical Systems of Consciousness: Confronting Cultural
Identities
Chair: Pablo del Rio Pereda, University of Salamanca, Spain
Comparing Japanese and Chinese Cultural Architectures of Mind
Dora Shu-fang Dien, California State University, Hayward, USA
Children's Personal Identity Built upon Success or Failure at School: A
View from Activity Functional Systems
Andrea Olmos, The National Autonomous University of Mexico,
Mexico
Cultural Mind and Cultural Identity
Amelia Alvarez, University of Salamanca, Spain
Pablo del Rio Pereda, University of Salamanca, Spain
The Feature of Voices of TV Commercials/News as a Privileged Cultural
Tool for the Formation of Cognition and Their Appropriation among
TV Viewers
Nobumoto Tajima, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan
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Theme 2.3 Technology and Work
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 76 11:00 - 13:00
Knowledge Ecologies: Formal and Non-formal Mediation of
Activity
Co-Chairs: Susan Leigh Star, University of Illinois, USA
Lucy Suchman, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, USA
Computational Workspace Coordination: Design-in-Use of
Collaborative Publishing Services for Computer-Mediated Collaborative
Publishing
Mark Spasser, Missouri Botanical Garden, USA
Learning at Work and Working to Learn: An Activity Approach to
Studying a "Learning Organization"
Brenda McPhail, University of Toronto, Canada
Andrew Clement, University of Toronto, Canada
Understanding Materiality, Ambiguity and Mediation
Susan Leigh Star, University of Illinois, USA
Embodied Practices of Engineering Work
Lucy Suchman, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, USA
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Theme 3.2 Challenges to Cultural-Historical
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 77 11:00 - 13:00
Communities of Learners and Instructors
Chair: Berthel Sutter, University of Karlskrona/Ronneby, Sweden
Cultural-Historical Learning-Instruction Theories and Real Practice: To
Bridge a Gap
Andrei Podolskij, Moscow State University, Russia
Teaching Practice as a Challenge to Activity Theory
Elina Lampert Shepel, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA
Leslie R. Williams, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA
Privileging Community in Activity Theory
Honorine Nocon, University of California, San Diego, USA
Situated Instructions - at Work, at School and in the Fifth Dimension
Berthel Sutter, University of Karlskrona/Ronneby, Sweden
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Theme 2.6 Electronic Communication
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 78 11:00 - 13:00
Learning as a Promoter of Change in Complex Systems:
Human Interactive Methods - II
Chair: Lars-Åke Lindberg, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Safety Culture and Implementation of the ISM Code
Bengt Erik Stenmark, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Multimedia Production as Challenge on Organizational Learning - An
Application of Activity Theory in a Longitudinal Study of Organizational
Change
Kirsi Koistinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Understanding Informal Learning in High-Performance Work
Environments
Michael Cohen, Arc Consulting, USA
Boaz Mourad, Arc Consulting, USA
Ann Demarais, Arc Consulting, USA
David Shirley, Arc Consulting, USA
Elana Frankel, Arc Consulting, USA
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Theme 2.4 Designing Artifacts
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 79 11:00 - 13:00
Users and Other Mediating Artifacts in Design Practice
Chair: Peter Coughlan, Nissan Design International, USA
The User as Mediational Artifact in Product Development
Peter Coughlan, Nissan Design International, USA
Researching Users in Software Design
Unalome Pim Techamuanvivit, Netscape Communications, USA
Hit Squads and Bug Meisters: Discovering New Artifacts to Facilitate
Design of Workflow Processes
Shilpa V. Shukla, University of California, Irvine, USA
Bonnie Nardi, AT&T Labs West, USA
Discussant
Yrjö Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Theme 2.6 Electronic Communication
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 80 11:00 - 13:00
Investigation of the Introduction of Technology in Secondary
and Tertiary Education
Chair: Liam Bannon, University of Limerick, Ireland
Electronic Communication and New Study Practices: How are Students
Constructing Them?
Jean-Francois Perret, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
A Matter of Style: The Dialectic between Technological Affordances and
Performance Style
Catalina Laserna, Harvard University, USA
From Classrooms for Computers to Computers for Classrooms
William Bradley, Ryokoku University, Japan
Fumitoshi Kato, Ryukoku University, Japan
A Case of Finding Good Questions. The Health Informatics Distance
Education as Tool for Transformations
Tia Hansen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Theme 2.3 Technology and Work
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 81 11:00 - 13:00
Coordination and Communication in Complex Work Settings
Chair: Jessica Kindred, City University Graduate Center, USA
Organization and Activity
Erik Axel, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
'Artful Integrations': Discarded Artifacts and the Work of Articulation in
Overlapping Communities of Practice of Commercial Refrigeration
Technicians
Philip H. Henning, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Authorship and Technology in the Workplace
Jessica Kindred, City University Graduate Center, USA
The Changing Collaboration between a Finnish and an American
Research Group - Closing the Doors in the Discussion
Eveliina Saari, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 82 11:00 - 13:00
Learning Activity and Development - II
Chair: Joachim Lompscher, University of Potsdam, Germany
Establishing the Seriousness of Learning
Airi Hautamäki, University of Helsinki, Finland
Jarkko Hautamäki, University of Helsinki, Finland
The Construction of Concepts of Space, Time and Motion in the
Perspective of the General Theory of Activity - Contributions from
Cultural Historical Psychology
Paulo Rômulo de O. Frota, Federal University of Piaui, Brazil
Modern Art and Expansive Learning: Aspects of Their Interrelations
from an Activity Theoretical Point of View
Maria Benites, University of Siegen, Brazil
Bernd Fichtner, University of Siegen, Germany
The Influence of Older Siblings on Sociomoral Development: Piaget or
Vygotsky?
Wolfgang Edelstein, Max Planck Institute for Human Development and
Education, Germany
Christine Schmid, Max Planck Institute for Human Development and
Education, Germany
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 83 11:00 - 13:00
The Use of Imagination in the Development of Small Children's
Learning Activity
Chair: Ludmila El'koninova, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
Reconstructing and Creating Stories on Breast Feeding: An Experience
with Schoolchildren
Carolina Sampaio Barreto, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
A Program to Develop Directed-Play of Preschool Children
Ludmila El'koninova, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
Conditions for Creative Development of 5-6 Year-old Children
Valentina Isayeva, Moscow State University, Russia
When Small Children Play - How Adults Dramatize and Children
Create Meaning
Gunilla Lindqvist, University of Karlstad, Sweden
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Theme 3.3 Defining Units of Analysis
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 84 11:00 - 13:00
Problems in Defining the Units of Analysis in Psychology: From
Simple Animal Life to Human Cultural Life
Co-Chairs: Niels Engelsted, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Jens Mammen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
In Search of Psyche
Niels Engelsted, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
The Psyche as 'res extensa'
Jens Mammen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Survival Strategies of Knowing Systems: Living the Relation between
Ecological Structure and Environmental Texture
Ole Elstrup Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
A Definition of Human Activity
Benny Karpatschof, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 85 11:00 - 13:00
Investigating Children's Development in Social Context
Chair: William R. Penuel, San Francisco Unified School District, USA
The Construction of Context: Methodological Challenges in Studies of
Human Development
Mette Gulbrandsen, University of Oslo, Norway
Artwork as a Means to Understand Private World's of Experience: A
Semantic Analysis of a Transmediational Link
Julia M. Matuga, Indiana University, USA
Discourse as Social Action: Constructing Sexual Orientation Identity in
a School Setting
Luiz Paolo Moita-Lopes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"I Don't Like to Live Nowhere but Here": The Shelter as Mediator of
U.S. Homeless Youth's Place-Identity
William R. Penuel, San Francisco Unified School District, USA
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Theme 1.4 Activity, Thinking, and Communication
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 86 11:00 - 13:00
Cultural and Institutional Aspects of Empowerment and
Coercion in Identity Construction
Chair: Martin Hildebrand-Nilshon, Free University Berlin, Germany
Identity as Narration
Michael Bamberg, Clark University, USA
Emily Abbey, Clark University, USA
Patrick C. Dauis, Clark University, USA
Does the 'Multiple Self' Need an Identity Concept?
Sang-Chin Choi, Chung-Ang University, 221, South Korea
Chung-Woon Kim, Free University Berlin, Germany
Stories about Identities: The Tension between Self-Articulation and
Self-Regulation
Martin Hildebrand-Nilshon, Free University Berlin, Germany
Dimitris D. Papadopoulos, Free University Berlin, Germany
A Cultural-Historical Approach to Identity Formation: Re-examining
Erikson's Model and Cultural/Ethnic Identity Formation
Pedro R. Portes, University of Louisville, USA
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Theme 1.2 Institutions and Organizations
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 87 11:00 - 13:00
Learners in Contexts within Institutions
Chair: Reijo Miettinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
The Chameleonic Learner: The Effect of Multiple Contexts on Students'
Perceptions and Experiences of Learning
Roseanna Bourke, Massey University, New Zealand
Janet Burns, Massey University, New Zealand
Learning Clinical Reasoning in Two Different Contexts: What are the
Implications for the Students?
Sten R. Ludvigsen, University of Oslo, Norway
Constructing Zones of Proximal Development in a Network of Learning
Seppo Peisa, Helsinki School of Vocational Education, Finland
Reijo Miettinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
The Role of the Institution School and its Semiotic Peculiarity in
Forming Motivation to Learn
Annemieke Zwaans, DDS, The Netherlands
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 88 11:00 - 13:00
Means of Communication and Learning: A Comparison of
Vygotsky and Peirce
Chair: Sven Horsmann, University of Bielefeld, Germany
A Three-Dimensional Model of Communicative Activity Applied to a
Hypertext Learning Environment
Sven Horsmann, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Peirce's Attempts to Design an Elementary Arithmetic Textbook in the
Context of his Philosophical Conception
Mircea Radu, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Using Signs in Abductive Reasoning: Peirce and the Problem of
Creative Thinking and Acting
Michael Hoffmann, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Vygotsky and Peirce in Raeithel's Approach to Semiotic Self-Regulation
Falk Seeger, University of Bielefeld, Germany
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Theme 1.4 Activity, Thinking, and Communication
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 89 14:30 - 17:30
Internalization as Appropriation
Chair: James V. Wertsch, Washington University, USA
Internalization and Human Consciousness
Vladimir Zinchenko, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
The Dialectics of Internalization and Externalization in Human Activity
Yrjö Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
The (Im)proper and the (Im)pertinent in the Appropriation of Social
Practices
Ana Luiza Bustamente Smolka, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Angel Pino, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Appropriating Internalization and Appropriation
James V. Wertsch, Washington University, USA
Semiotic Mediation and Internalization: The Role of Reference in
Instructional Actions
Andrés Santamaría, University of Sevilla, Spain
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Theme 2.3 Technology and Work
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 90 14:30 - 17:30
Developmental Work Research: New Insights and Findings
Chair: Ritva Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
Institutional Reform and Technological Innovation: Case Studies of
Chinese Work Organizations
Jianzhong Hong, South China Normal University, China
Developing Sideways: The Boundary Crossing Laboratory as a Method
for Reorganizing the Interaction of Interdependent Activity Systems
Yrjö Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
Ritva Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
From Individual Troubles to Common Solutions
Jaakko Virkkunen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Rules, Tool and Power: A Few Comments on Learning/Production
Debate
Kari Toikka, University of Helsinki, Finland
What is Good Journalism? Different Perspectives about the Object of
Work
Merja Helle, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Theme 1.4 Activity, Thinking, and Communication
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 91 14:30 - 18:00
Psycholinguistics as Psychology: Speech Activity Revisited
Chair: Aleksei A. Leontiev, The Leo Tolstoy Institute, Russia
Consciousness, Cooperation and Communication
Timo Järvilehto, University of Oulu, Finland
Nikolai Veresov, University of Oulu, Finland
Psycholinguistics, World Image, Personality
Aleksei A. Leontiev, The Leo Tolstoy Institute, Russia
Vygotsky, Whorf and the Apprehension of Spatial Concepts in a Zapotec
Community
Kristine Jensen de López, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Non-macro Language Acquisition in Perspective of Historical
Development
Shan Xingyuan, University of Ottawa, Canada
Speech and the Modern Mind: Vygotsky for the 21st Century
William Frawley, University of Delaware, USA
Discussant
Chris Sinha, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Theme 2.4 Designing Artifacts
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 92 14:30 - 17:45
Mediating Cultural Experience
Chair: Klaus B. Bærentsen, Bang & Olufsen, Denmark
Explorations in Artifact Space
Daniel Pargman, Linköping University, Sweden
Understanding Design Artefacts
Olav W. Bertelsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Electronic Mediation of Cultural Experience
Klaus B. Bærentsen, Bang & Olufsen, Denmark
The Activity Checklist: Orienting 'Novel' Interface Design
Catriona Macauley, Napier University, United Kingdom
Hearing Mishearings: Digital Hearing Instruments and the
Management of Conversational Practice of Hearing Impaired Business
Executives
Philip H. Henning, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Discussant
Ellen Christiansen, University of Aalborg, Denmark
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Theme 1.3 Changing and Building Institutions
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 93 14:30 - 17:30
Activity and Education
Chair: Vitali V. Rubtsov, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
Activity Approach in Organizing of Developmentally-Aimed Learning
Environments
Arkady Margolis, International College of Education and Psychology,
Russia
Vitali V. Rubtsov, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
Activity Theory Analysis of Project Follow-Through and the Debates
Surrounding
Gary Price, University of Wisconsin, USA
Light Pickles and Heavy Mustard: Horizontal Development Among
Students Negotiating How to Learn in a Production Activity
King Beach, Michigan State University,, USA
Sapna Vyas, Michigan State University, USA
Appropriation of Life Styles in a Community of Practice
Karsten Hundeide, University of Oslo, Norway
Learning, Motivation and Identity in a Technical College Confronted
with the Arrival of New Technologies
Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Jean-Francois Perret, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Claude Kaiser, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Theme 1.2 Institutions and Organizations
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 94 14:30 - 17:00
Societal Analysis in Relation to Schooling
Chair: Seth Chaiklin, University of Aarhus, Denmark
The Social Construction of Culture: Participazione as the "Moral
Goods" of Contemporary Italy
Rebecca S. New, University of New Hampshire, USA
The Historical Cultural Psychology in Santa Catarina - The Activity of
Teaching in the Public School
Marcos Lourenço Herter, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Paulo Hentz, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
What the Pedagogical Plan of the City of Florianópolis Reveals? A
Study of the Pedagogical Plan of Activity in Cultural Historical
Psychology
Verena Wiggers, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Discussant
Seth Chaiklin, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 95 14:30 - 17:30
Learning Activity and Development - III
Chair: Joachim Lompscher, University of Potsdam, Germany
Development of Psychological Thinking in Educational Teaching
Irina Musina, Moscow State Agro-Engineering University, Russia
Teaching Theoretical Knowledge: Experiments in the New School
Lioutsia Bertsfai, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
Towards an Adapted Method and Tools for the Analysis of Verbal
Interactions between African Adult Trainees and French Trainers for
Assessing Preliminary Processes of Knowledge Acquisition
Regis Maubrey, University of Paris VIII, France
ZPD as Actualising Subject's Internal Potentiality in Multi-Dimensional
Peers Interactions (the Analysis of the Co-Operation of Homogenous
Peers Groups with Different Levels of Operation Reversibility)
Ewa Rzechowska, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
Mathematical Cognition in the Classroom - A Cultural Historical
Approach
Ademir Damazio, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Theme 2.5 Learning Disabilities and Handicaps
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 96 14:30 - 17:30
On the Problems of Literacy Education for Children and
Children with Learning Disabilities
Chair: Kiyoshi Amano, Chuo University, Japan
The Activity of Teaching How to Read and Write: The Acquisition of
Writing in the Cultural Historical Perspective
Maria Aparecida Lapa de Aguiar, Federal University of Santa Catarina,
Brazil
The Problems of Development of Teaching Programs of Literacy for
Children with Learning Disabilities
Kiyoshi Amano, Chuo University, Japan
Sharing Literacy Practices as a Bridge between Home and School
Pilar Lacasa, University of Cordoba, Spain
Amalia Reina, University of Cordoba, Spain
Family Discourse: A Sociocultural Perspective on Shared Book Reading
with Young Children with Language Disabilities
Judith Vander Woude, Calvin College, USA
Discussant
Michael Cole, University of California, San Diego, USA
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Theme 1.4 Activity, Thinking, and Communication
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 97 14:30 - 17:30
Thinking Scientifically: Mediational Tools and Communicative
Practices in Schools
Chair: Leslie Rupert Herrenkohl, University of Washington, USA
Developing Intellectual Communities in Elementary Science
Leslie Rupert Herrenkohl, University of Washington, USA
Keiko Kawasaki, University of Washington, USA
Students' Difficulties in Learning and Interpreting Scientific Models
Eve Kikas, University of Tartu, Estonia
Themes, Genres and Approaches: Turning Points in an Episode from a
Science Classroom
Eduardo Fluery Mortimer, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Andrea Horta Machado, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ana Luiza Bustamente Smolka, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Using Cultural Tools to Guide Scientific Thinking
Fran Hagstrom, University of Houston, USA
Discussant
Tiia Tulviste, University of Tartu, Estonia
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Theme 1.2 Institutions and Organizations
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 98 14:30 - 17:00
Towards Mutual Understanding in the Classroom
Co-Chairs:
Jacques A.M. Carpay, Free University Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
Gordon Wells, University of Toronto, Canada
In Defence of the Pedagogy of Mutuality
Jacques A.M. Carpay, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
In Search for a Definition of Intersubjectivity for a Collaborative
Approach to Teaching
Eugene Matusov, University of Delaware, USA
On Knowing and Understanding in the Classroom
Gordon Wells, University of Toronto, Canada
Discussant
R. Rommetveit, University of Oslo, Norway
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Theme 1.3 Changing and Building Institutions
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 99 14:30 - 17:30
Postmodernism's Challenge to Reality: Implications for Activity
Theory
Chair: Lois Holzman, East Side Institute, USA
Narratives, Stories, Reality and Activity
Joyce Dattner, West Coast Center for Social Therapy, USA
Where is the Material World in Postmodern Analysis?
Joe Glick, City University of New York, USA
Performing our Way from Psychology to Culture
Lois Holzman, East Side Institute, USA
Cultural-Historical Theory and Postmodern Social Contents
Gordana Jovanovic, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Cultures of Reflection in the Context of Postmodern Human Action
Elina Lampert Shepel, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA
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Theme 1.1 Learning, Motivation, Identity
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 100 14:30 - 17:45
Mediated Action and Constitution of Identity
Chair: Juan-Daniel Ramírez, University of Sevilla, Spain
The Symbolic Mediation of Identity
Urs Fuhrer, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
The Collectivistic and Individualistic Dimension in the Constitution of
Identity. The Role of Play and Conflict in Peer Interaction in Dutch and
Andalusian Pre-Schoolers
Paul Goudena, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
José A. Sánchez-Medina, University of Sevilla, Spain
History and National Identity: Styles of Argumentation about History as
a Resource for the Justification of National Identity
Alberto Rosa, The Autonomous University Madrid, Spain
Juan A. Huertas, The Autonomous University Madrid, Spain
Florentino Blanco, The Autonomous University Madrid, Spain
The Constitution of Identity from the Social Linguistics Perspective:
Studies with Indigenous Population in Argentina
Isabel Requejo, The National University of Tucuman, Argentina
Culturally Mediated Learning and the Development of Self-Regulation
by Survivors of Child Abuse
Ruth Miltenburg, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Elly Singer, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Aggressive Routines and Narrative Interpretation Strategies in
Adolescents
Andrea Smorti, University of Florence, Italy
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Theme 1.3 Changing and Building Institutions
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 101 14:30 - 17:30
The Meaning of Work
Chair: Annette Løw Aboulafia, Roskilde University Centre, Denmark
Units of Analysis in Working Life
Annette Løw Aboulafia, Roskilde University Centre, Denmark
System Contradictions, Coping and Worker Well-Being in a Nursing
Home
Jorma Mäkitalo, University of Helsinki, Finland
Marita Kornonen, Merikoski Rehabiltation and Research Center, Finland
Juhani Palonen, Merikoski Rehabiltation and Research Center, Finland
Work-Related Well-Being as Part of the Contextual Transformation of
the Work
Tarja Kantola, University of Helsinki, Finland
Kirsti Launis, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
Anna-Liisa Niemelä, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
Zone of Proximal Development and Work-Related Well-Being
Kirsti Launis, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
Anna-Liisa Niemelä, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
Tarja Kantola, University of Helsinki, Finland
The Work-Related Well-Being and the Haste at Work
Anna-Liisa Niemelä, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
Kirsti Launis, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
Tarja Kantola, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Theme 2.5 Learning Disabilities and Handicaps
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 102 14:30 - 17:30
The Social-Cultural Analysis and Remediation of Disability
Chair: Stefano Taddei, University of Siena, Italy
Constructing Compensatory Roundabout Paths: The Role of
Socio-Cultural Environments in the Cognitive Development of the
Physically Disabled
Lúcia Willadino Braga, SARAH Network of Hospitals of the Locomotor
Systems, Brazil
Learning Difficulties and Developing of Learning Activity
Natalia Bastun, Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, Ukraine
Nicolas Bastun, Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, Ukraine
Veniamin Litovsky, Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, Ukraine
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Theme 2.5 Learning Disabilities and Handicaps
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
The Social-Cultural Analysis and Remediation of Disability
Chair: Stefano Taddei, University of Siena, Italy
The Formation Method in Psychodiagnostic of Children of Different
Socio-Cultural Levels
Yuri Solovieva, Moscow State University, Russia
L. Quintanar Rojas, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
R. López, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
A. López, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
L. Rodriguez, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
N. Trejo, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
M. Chávez, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
E. Filio, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
D. Flores, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
L. Flores, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
M. Galicia, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
P. Jiménez, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
A. Mejorada, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
M. Orozco, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
J. Palma, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
F. Rentería, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
N. Villegas, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
R. Zurita, The Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
Differential Neuropsychology of Ontogenesis and Learning Capabilities
Y.V. Mikadze, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Russia
A Healthy Scaffolding: Activity Theory as a Potential Framework for
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Stefano Taddei, University of Siena, Italy
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Theme 2.1 Social Practice and Gender
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 103 14:30 - 17:00
Gendered Life Modes and Differences
Chair: Harry Daniels, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
The Gendering of Social Practices in Special Needs Education
Harry Daniels, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Valerie Hey, University of London, United Kingdom
Diana Leonard, University of London, United Kingdom
Marjorie Smith, University of London, United Kingdom
Economic Restructuring and Social Change: Their Impact on Cuban
Women
Norma Vasallo, University of Havana, Cuba
Gender Aspects in Values of School Students
Ludmila V. Popova, Moscow State Pedagogical University, Russia
Gender Differences and Internet Usage in Russia
Olga Arestova, Moscow State University, Russia
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Special Event
June 10, 1998 Wednesday
Session 104 20:00 - 22:00
Performance of a Lifetime
Chair: Lois Holzman, East Side Institute, USA
Participants
Lois Holzman, East Side Institute, USA
Joyce Dattner, West Coast Center for Social Therapy, USA
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Keynote Lecture
June 11, 1998 Thursday
Session 105 8:30 - 12:00
Keynote Lectures
Chair: Seth Chaiklin, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Socio-Cultural and Feminist Theory: Mutuality and Relevance
Vera John-Steiner, University of New Mexico, USA
Activity as Explanatory Principle in Cultural Psychology
Peeter Tulviste, University of Tartu, Estonia
Coffee Break -- 30 minutes
The Cultural Psychology of Self Construction
Jerome Bruner, New York University, USA
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Invited Panel
June 11, 1998 Thursday
Session 106 14:00 - 17:30
Education and Development
Chair: Luis Moll, University of Arizona, USA
Contributors
Jerome Bruner, New York University, USA
Fernando González Rey, University of Havana, Cuba
Alberto Rosa, The Autonomous University Madrid, Spain
Vitali V. Rubtsov, Russian Academy of Education, Russia
Anna Stetsenko, University of Bern, Switzerland
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Closing Session
June 11, 1998 Thursday
Session 107 17:30 - 18:00
Closing of the Congress
Chair: Mariane Hedegaard, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Greetings from the Next President of the ISCRAT Congress
Closing Remarks from the President of the Congress
Mariane Hedegaard, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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