@inproceedings{37c3291e38a74af5b5ab7ff5a091110f,
title = "Activity theory: Basic concepts and applications: A summary of a tutorial given at the east west HCI95 conference",
abstract = "The objective of the tutorial is to introduce attendees to Activity Theory, a general theoretical framework for the analysis of human and communal action in the world. After an overview of the theory, focus shifts to how this framework can be utilized in practice. Some examples are shown of how this framework can provide a fresh perspective on certain extant problems in the fields of HCI and CSCW. Hopefully, participants become more aware of the nature and complexity of current controversies concerning the role of theory in the design of computer artifacts. By the end of the tutorial, participants should be able to understand the basic principles of the approach, and to describe their work activities in ways illuminated by this framework.",
author = "Victor Kaptelinin and Kari Kuutti and Liam Bannon",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1995.; 5th East-West Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, EWHCI 1995 ; Conference date: 03-07-1995 Through 07-07-1995",
year = "1995",
doi = "10.1007/3-540-60614-9_14",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783540606147",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "189--201",
editor = "Brad Blumenthal and Juri Gornostaev and Claus Unger",
booktitle = "Human-Computer Interaction - 5th International Conference, EWHCI 1995, Selected Papers",
}