An activity theory approach to affordance

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 31, Issue , 2002, Pages 51-60

  Bærentsen, Klaus B ^a   Trettvik, Johan ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

activity; activity theory; affordance; appropriation; artifacts; ecological psychology; perception; praxis

Indexed keywords

A-FRAMES; ACTIVITY THEORY; AFFORDANCES; CUT-THROUGH; ECOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNDERSTANDABILITY;

ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; USER INTERFACES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 77953903453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/572020.572028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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