The article presents central ideas and future challenges of cultural-historical activity theory,
focusing specifically on the work of the so-called Helsinki school of activity theory. We first …

Activity theory seeks to analyze development within practical social activities. Activities
organize our lives. In activities, humans develop their skills, personalities, and …

The authors of the papers in this collection are all grappling with a similar problem as
researchers: how to capture the generation and mobilisation of knowledge in practices that …

Through the contributions of anthropologists, philosophers, and psychologists, this book
demonstrates the potential of a multidisciplinary approach for the study of activity. Originally …

The theoretical, research and practice perspective known variously as activity theory, the
cultural-historical theory of activity, CHAT (cultural historical activity theory), socio-cultural …

It is sometimes suggested that activity theory represents the most important legacy of Soviet
philosophy and psychology. But what exactly is activity theory? The canonical account in the …

This article presents arguments used in current discussions on potential shortcomings of
contemporary works within activity theory concerning subjectivity and the use of conceptual …

This book is a collection about cultural-historical activity theory as it has been developed
and applied by Yrjö Engeström. The work of Engeström is both rooted in the legacy of …

Less than a decade ago, Yrjö Engeström (1993) called activity theory “the best kept secret of
academia”(p. 64), although at the time of his writing, there was a lively discussion in the …

Abstract In simple terms, Activity Theory is all about'who is doing what, why and how'.
However, things are rarely that simple. Sometimes referred to as the Cultural-Historical …