Contradictions in activity systems are historically developed structural tensions within or between components of activity. Repeated disturbances can prompt investigation of these tensions. A disagreement or inconvenient event alone is insufficient to establish a contradiction in this specific theoretical sense.
- Entry typeKey concept
- CategoryParadigms, Traditions & Metatheories
- DomainOrganization & Structure
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Key concept
Key concepts are the working vocabulary of the field: the terms that the models and tools rely on and that a decision about communication has to use precisely. Each entry defines the term and sends you to the brief or the self-guided audit where it is put to work.
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Paradigms, Traditions & Metatheories
Provides a broad intellectual perspective within which multiple concepts, theories or investigations are developed. Traditions carry histories and commitments; metatheories examine how theories themselves are organized or related.