(Initially posted December 2, 2020) Nikolai Veresov helps to distinguish cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) and cultural-historical theory (CHT).
Highlights include:
0:35 - What is CHAT? (Ant's confession)
1:58 - Nikolai's preference for clarification over comparison
3:39 - Veresov (2020): Two theories with many strengths
5:51 - Nikolai's appreciation and respect for CHAT
7:27 - Nikolai's concerns about CHAT
8:36 - Historical background of CHT, Activity Theory, and CHAT
15:24 - Why is this important?
19:17 - Is Nikolai alone here?
23:18 - Three coexisting theories
25:55 - Specific features of CHT and of CHAT
32:20 - Is CHAT more about systems while CHT is about individuals?
34:45 - Personality, transformation, and metamorphosis (CHAT and CHT)
38:31 - Is there a metamorphosis dynamic in CHAT?
40:44 - The concept of contradiction in CHT and in CHAT
43:41 - An example of dialectical unity (life and birth and death)
48:52 - Vygotskian application of dialectical unity (not subject-object but individual-social)
54:12 - Example: development of HPF or cultural forms of behavior?
59:36 - Mediation in CHAT and in CHT
1:04:11 - Can tools ever have more agency than individuals?
1:09:50 - Should perezhivanie make an appearance in CHAT?
1:16:49 - Is CHAT concerned with cultural or social *development*?
1:19:28 - Where is Vygotsky in CHAT?
1:21:32 - Can developmental CHT principles map onto CHAT-esque domains?
1:25:13 - Nikolai's objection Veresov (2020)
"Identity as a sociocultural phenomenon: the dialectics of belonging, being and becoming" is here: http://tiny.cc/pty5tz
