• Kaptelinin, V., & Miettinen, R. (2005). Introduction: "Perspectives on the Object of Activity". Mind, Culture, and Activity, 12(1), 1-3. doi:10.1207/s15327884mca1201_1
• Kaptelinin, V. (2005). The object of activity: Making sense of the sense-maker. Mind, Culture, and Activity, 12(1), 4-18. doi:10.1207/s15327884mca1201_2
• Stetsenko, A. (2005). Activity as object-related: Resolving the dichotomy of individual and collective planes of activity. Mind, Culture, and Activity, 12(1), 70-88. doi:10.1207/s15327884mca1201_6

Agenda

1. Logistical issues
• Anything
2. Book Review Discussions
3. Summary of Day 4
   
4. Participant led reading summaries and discussions. Make sure we end with a good understanding of following concepts:
• Various interpretations of "objective-oriented activity"
• Objekt
• Predmet
• Object of individual activity
• Object of collective activity
• Poly-motivated activities
• Intra-subjective processes
• Inter-subjective processes
• Mind as product of active participation in social practice
• Mind as the generator of active participation in social practice
• Reification of activities
  
5. Questions
6. Readings for next class
   
• Rey, F. G. (2011). A Re-examination of Defining Moments in Vygotsky’s Work and Their Implications for His Continuing Legacy. Mind, Culture, and Activity, 18(3), 257–275. doi:10.1080/10749030903338517 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10749030903338517
• Yasnitsky, A., & Ferrari, M. (2008). From Vygotsky to Vygotskian psychology: Introduction to the history of the Kharkov School. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 44(2), 119–145. doi:10.1002/jhbs.20303
• Vianna, E., & Stetsenko, A. (2011). Connecting Learning and Identity Development through a Transformative Activist Stance: Application in Adolescent Development in a Child Welfare Program. Human Development, 54(5), 313–338. doi:10.1159/000331484

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