Activity theory and distributed cognition: Or what does CSCW need to DO with theories?

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 243-267

  Halverson, Christine A ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Analysis; Distributed cognition; Methodology; Theory

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DATA PROCESSING; GROUPWARE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; USER INTERFACES;

ACTIVITY THEORY; DISTRIBUTED COGNITION THEORY;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 0036271506     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015298005381     Document Type: Article

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