Cultural-historical activity theory and interventionist methodology: Classical legacy and contemporary developments

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 557-570

  Sannino, Annalisa ^a   Sutter, Berthel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

activity theory; Change Laboratory; Clinic of Activity; Fifth Dimension; interventionist methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053596388     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: 14617447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354311414969     Document Type: Article

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