Activity theory as an activist and interventionist theory

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 571-597

  Sannino, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

ascending from the abstract to the concrete; cultural historical activity theory; double stimulation; interventionist epistemology; interventionist methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053605491     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: 14617447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354311417485     Document Type: Article

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