RusCHI. Seminar number 20 "Psychological concepts of activity analysis" (Moscow - 03/31/2009)

When: March 31 , 2009 (Tuesday) at 19:00 ,
Where: 1C Conference Hall ( Moscow , Novoslobodskaya metro station, Nikonovsky Pereulok 26, p. 6)
What: RusCHI usability community workshop
Theme: " Psychological concepts of activity analysis ".

In continuation of the last round table on March 31, we are holding a new seminar on this topic in order to better answer the question of applying activity theory to the design of software products so that they better meet the requirements of users.

The seminar will focus on different approaches to the description of user activities. We plan to enter from two points of view: scientific and practical.
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The scientific point of view will be presented by A.N. Kostin on psychological concepts of activity analysis. The concepts of psychological components of activity (Lomov), the algorithmic concept (Zarakovsky), the theory of mass service (Siegel, Wolf), etc. will be presented. This report will open the seminar.

On the part of practitioners, there will be several speakers delivering messages for 5-7 minutes about how activity analysis is used in real projects, what the process of meaningful analysis looks like, what form the analysis result is recorded in, and how it is used in the user interface design process.

Everything will end with a round table at which academics and practitioners will be able to clarify their positions in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

If you have questions, you are ready to make a short message on the topic (5-7 minutes), or in any other form participate in the preparation and conduct of the event, then write to Alina Zotova (allileja@gmail.com).

Participation in the seminar is free.

More details:
Theory of Activity (Wikipedia)
Chapter on the theory of activity from the classic textbook Yu. B. Gippenreiter "Introduction to general psychology"
Theory of Activity and HCI (Ivan Degtyarenko)
Official event page .