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An Activity Theoretical Account of Knowledge Work » (New Edition)

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Authors: Clay Spinuzzi
ISBN-13: 9780521895040, ISBN-10: 0521895049
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: September 2008
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Clay Spinuzzi

Clay Spinuzzi is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Texas at Austin, where he directs the Computer Writing and Research Lab. Spinuzzi's interests include research methods and methodology, workplace research, and computer-mediated activity. Spinuzzi has received several awards for his scholarship, including the National Council of Teachers of English Best Book in Technical or Scientific Communication (2004).

Book Synopsis

Spinuzzi examines the networks of activity that make a telecommunications company work and thrive.

Table of Contents

1. Networks, genres, and four little disruptions;
2. What is a network?;
3. How are networks theorized?;
4. How are networks historicized?;
5. How are networks enacted?;
6. Is our network learning?

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