Lucian Blaga is the first Romanian philosopher who built a philosophic system. From the theory of knowledge to the theory of culture and surrounded with very complex studies of nature, art or historic ways of debating life process, this huge work presented at high level, maybe the most elaborate process of writing philosophy of culture by an Romanian author. Centered on the philosophy of histor...

This article examines historical transformations of Japanese collective memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by utilizing a theoretical framework that combines a model of reiterated problem solving and a theory of cultural trauma. I illustrate how the event of the nuclear fallout in March 1954 allowed actors to consolidate previously fragmented commemorative practices into a master frame t...

The paper presents that it would be useful for Design Research to be able to discuss about artifacts at a more general and abstract level than the concrete artifacts themselves and suggests that the concepts of mediation and re-mediation might serve such purpose. Based on Krippendorff it is suggested that any artifact carries at least three mediated relationships at the same time, and this is i...

Des approches traditionnelles a l’alignement stratégique ont été critiquées parce qu’elles soulignent l’hiérarchie et le rationalisme. Ces approches ont eu comme conséquence les théories et les modèles conceptuels qui ne s’appliquent pas bien aux situations réelles qu’on rencontre dans les enterprises. Ce papier de recherche en cours offre une nouvelle perspective sur l’alignement stratégique q...

The Fifth Dimension is an afterschool setting where collaborative learning is organized around computer game playing. Learning and cooperation in the Fifth Dimension are analyzed in the paper from the point of view of Activity Theory, a conceptual approach originating from Russian cultural-historical psychology. It is proposed that the mechanisms underlying the influence of social context on le...

Introduction Dialectical contradictions, as conceptualized in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), can be used fruitfully as an analytical tool in order to study organizational change associated with the introduction of new technologies (Groleau, Demers, Lalancette, & Barros, 2011). Drawing from the work done by Engeström and Sannino (2011), this paper aims to contribute to the operation...

This work draws on the cultural historical activity-theory and the theory of social systems to model socio-technical systems. The concepts of practice, system, and context work as core concepts to represent processes and activities such as learning and working. Current modeling approaches in the field of learning and work resemble the notion of workflows, relating input and output in a means-en...

This article examined, thought a Cultural Historical Activity Theory lens, how immersiveor pervasive environments and pedagogical agents could more easily support social collaboration as foundation of contemporary learning theory. It is argued that the fundamentalism-liberationism contradiction (learn from versus learn with technology) is no longer justifiable as contemporary technology tools (...

Conceptual advances in niche construction theory provide new perspectives and a tool-box for studies of human-environment interactions mediating what is termed anthropogenic biomes. This theory is useful also for studies on how anthropogenic biomes are perceived and valued. This paper addresses these topics using an example: “old cultural landscapes” in Scandinavia, i.e., landscapes formed by a...