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8 - Beyond the Distinction between Tool and Sign: Objects and Artifacts in Human Activity

from Part II - Action, Objects, Artifacts, and Meaning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2018

By
Reijo Miettinen  and
Sami Paavola
Edited by
Alberto Rosa  and
Jaan Valsiner
Alberto Rosa
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Jaan Valsiner
Affiliation:
Aalborg University, Denmark
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The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology , pp. 148 - 162
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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