1. Activity theory between historical engagement and future-making practice
Annalisa Sannino, Harry Daniels and Kris Gutierrez; Part I. Units of
Analysis: 2. Cultural-historical activity theory and organization studies
Frank Blackler; 3. Uses of activity theory in written communication and
research David R. Russell; 4. On the inclusion of emotions, identity, and
ethico-moral dimensions of actions Wolff-Michael Roth; Part II. Mediation
and Discourse: 5. Mediation as a means of changing collective activity
Vladislav A. Lektorsky; 6. Digital technology and mediation: a challenge to
activity theory Georg Rückriem; 7. Contextualizing social dilemmas in
institutional practices: negotiating objects of activity in labour market
organizations Åsa Mäkitalo and Roger Säljö; Part III. Expansive Learning
and Development: 8. The concept of development in cultural-historical
activity theory: vertical and horizontal Michael Cole and Natalia
Gajdamashko; 9. Two theories of organizational knowledge and creation
Jaakko Virkkunen; 10. Contradictions of high technology capitalism and the
emergence of new forms of work Reijo Miettinen; 11. Spinozic
re-considerations on the concept of activity: politico-affective process
and discursive practice in the transitive learning Shuta Kagawa and Yuji
Moro; Part IV. Subjectivity, Agency, and Community: 12. From the systemic
to the relational: relational agency and activity theory Anne Edwards; 13.
Expansive agency in multi-activity collaboration Katsuhiro Yamazumi; 14.
The communicative construction of community: authority and organizing James
R. Taylor; 15. Research leadership: productive research communities and the
integration of research fellows Sten Ludvigsen and Turi Øwre Digernes; Part
V. Interventions: 16. Who is acting in an activity system Ritva Engeström;
17. Past experiences and recent challenges in participatory design research
Susanne Bødker; 18. Clinic of activity: the dialogue as instrument Yves
Clot; 19. Epilogue: the future of activity theory Yrjö Engeström.

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