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Grounding the flying triangle: activity theory and the production of spaceFrederick van Amstel, PhD Researcher Construction Management & Engineering Dept.
Co-authors: Hartmann, T; Voort, M. van der; Dewulf, G.P.M.R.
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The materiality of visual representations
11Drawing by Valérie (6 years old) http://valeriezsc.blogspot.nl
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The materiality of visual representations
11Drawing by Valérie (6 years old) http://valeriezsc.blogspot.nl
My dear, where is the shadow under the
person? Is she flying?
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Is this triangle flying?
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Subject
Rules Community Division of Labor
Object
Instruments
Outcome
The activity system model. Redrawn from Engeström (1987)
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Activities like that can happen anywhere in the world
11Blood donor association in Italy (Ivaldi, Ripamonti & Scaratti, 2014)
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Is the triangle becoming a symbol of change instead of a tool for change?
11US Great Seal and one of the symbols of French Revolution
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For revolutions to succeed they need to create a new space. 17
Henri Lefebvre
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Medical imaging center case
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Medical imaging center
Southeast HospitalNorthwest Hospital
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Different activities occupying the same space
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How to categorize space?
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Subject
Rules Community Division of Labor
Object
Instruments
Outcome
The activity system model. Redrawn from Engeström (1987)
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Space as an instrument
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Designers Retrofitted building
Construction site
Users
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Medical imaging center
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Space as a shared object
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DesignersSpace to be built
Drawing
Space to be used
Users
Sketch
Medical imaging center
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Sketch 1 – space as a baseline for activities
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Radiology education
Medical imaging research
Technology develop.
Imaging diagnosis
Medical imaging centerDesign Project
University of Twente
Inspired by Henri Lefebvre’s The Production of Space (1991)
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Sketch 2 – space as contradictions in activity
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Subject
Rules
CommunityDivision of
Labor
Object
Instrument
Outcome
Space
Inspired by Henri Lefebvre’s The Production of Space (1991)
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Sketch 3 – (social) space as community
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Subject
Rules Space Division of Labor
Object
Instruments
Outcome
Inspired by Henri Lefebvre’s The Production of Space (1991)
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Space as the first outcome of any activity
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Subject
Rules Community Division of Labor
Object
Instruments
Space Coexistence, Simultaneity, Order
Inspired by Henri Lefebvre’s The Production of Space (1991)
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Space as intrinsic to activity
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Space of the subject
Space of the rules
Space of the community
Space of the division of labor
Space of the object
Space of the instruments
Space of the outcome
Inspired by Henri Lefebvre’s The Production of Space (1991)
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My Research Interests
▪ Participatory Design
▪ Activity Theory
▪ Frederick van Amstel [email protected]
▪ Twitter @fredvanamstel
▪ http://fredvanamstel.com