Collaborative Projects

Collaborative projects:? An Interdisciplinary Study presents research in disciplines ranging from Education, Psychotherapy and Social Work to Literacy and anti-poverty Project Management to Social Movement studies and Political Science. All the contributions are unified by use of the concept of 'project'. 'Project' is 'leading activity' for Child Development, while 'life project' may play a crucial role in personal development and Psychotherapy; the social fabric of a community can be understood as woven from projects which may be sustained by NGOs, or develop from social movements to institutions.

By giving concrete content to the concept of 'project' in each domain of research, this ground-breaking work opens the prospect of a genuinely interdisciplinary human science.

Contributors are: Igor Arievitch, Michael Arnold, Lynn Beaton, William Blanton, Andy Blunden, Michael Cole, Brecht De Smet, Natalia Gajdamaschko, Virginia Gordon, Manfred Holodynski, Naja Berg Hougaard, Vera John-Steiner, Elena Kravtsova, Gennadiy Kravtsov, Ron Lubensky, Morten Nissen, Jennifer Power, Mike Rifino, Keiko Matsuura, Francisco Medina, Anna Stetsenko, Greg Thompson, Chiel van der Veen, Eduardo Vianna, Lynne Wolbert, and Helena Worthen.

Introduction: ‘Collaborative project’, Andy Blunden
Overview

PART ONE. RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. The projective method as the basis of continuous education, G. G. Kravtsov and E. E. Kravtsova
2. The dialectics of collective and individual transformation, Eduardo Vianna, Naja Hougaard and Anna Stetsenko
3. Could Life Be… Producing subjectivity in participation, Morten Nissen
4. Rhythms of collaboration, Vera John-Steiner
5. Seeking to combat educational inequality: The 5th Dimension, Michael Cole, Virginia Gordon and William Blanton
6. Formation of the concept of “Collaborative Learning Space,” Andy Blunden and Michael Arnold
7. Mayslake: Starting from scratch, Helena Worthen
8. The collaborative project of public deliberation, Ron Lubensky
9. Vygotskian collaborative project of social transformation, Anna Stetsenko and Igor M. Arievitch
10. Change through collaboration, Jennifer Power
11. The miracle fiber exposed as a deadly threat, Lynn Beaton and Andy Blunden
12. Tahrir: A project(ion) of revolutionary change, Brecht De Smet

PART TWO. REFLECTIONS
13. Alterglobalization and the Limits of Prefigurative Politics, Brecht De Smet
14. A reflection on the feminist movement, Lynn Beaton
15. The peer activist learning community: A peer perspective, Mike Rifino, Keiko Matsuura and Francisco Medina
16. Reflection on collective and individual transformation, Ron Lubensky
17. Play through the prism of projects, Natalia Gajdamaschko
18. Human flourishing in developmental education schools, Chiel van der Veen and Lynne Wolbert
19. Reflection on complementarity and mutual appropriation, Vera John-Steiner
20. Spirited collaborations, Greg Thompson
21. Emotional commitment, Manfred Holodynski
22. Projects, activity systems, Helena Worthen
23. Toward a mesogenetic methodology, Michael Cole
24. Conclusion: Time and activity, Andy Blunden

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