Les instruments transitionnels : une proposition pour étudier la diachronie des activités narratives

This paper presents the narrative activity of two polar explorers. We have adopted a unit of diachronic analysis that encompasses the collection procedure during the journey, as well as the drafting of the story afterwards. With this in mind, we focus on two theoretical frameworks : the instrumental...

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Main Authors: Anne Bationo-Tillon, Viviane Folcher, Pierre Rabardel
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Published: Association Recherche et Pratique sur les Activités 2010-10-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/activites/2437
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description This paper presents the narrative activity of two polar explorers. We have adopted a unit of diachronic analysis that encompasses the collection procedure during the journey, as well as the drafting of the story afterwards. With this in mind, we focus on two theoretical frameworks : the instrumental approach and the course of action. We suggest using the concept of "transitional instrument" to identify what is occurring within these discontinuous narrative activities. During the journey, the narrators work with various instruments (e.g. photographs, notes) as a way of distancing themselves from the experience. At this stage they create their own transitional instruments. After the journey, the narrators are once again immersed in the travel experience through a display of the items collected, such as sketches, notes and maps. They compose the story by assembling the transitional instruments. We will conclude with a discussion of how diachronicity contributes to a better understanding of creative activities and the related tools.
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spelling doaj-art-63e97891899d41758c5aaae6d5ce5bb72025-08-20T01:54:53ZengAssociation Recherche et Pratique sur les ActivitésActivités1765-27232010-10-017210.4000/activites.2437Les instruments transitionnels : une proposition pour étudier la diachronie des activités narrativesAnne Bationo-TillonViviane FolcherPierre RabardelThis paper presents the narrative activity of two polar explorers. We have adopted a unit of diachronic analysis that encompasses the collection procedure during the journey, as well as the drafting of the story afterwards. With this in mind, we focus on two theoretical frameworks : the instrumental approach and the course of action. We suggest using the concept of "transitional instrument" to identify what is occurring within these discontinuous narrative activities. During the journey, the narrators work with various instruments (e.g. photographs, notes) as a way of distancing themselves from the experience. At this stage they create their own transitional instruments. After the journey, the narrators are once again immersed in the travel experience through a display of the items collected, such as sketches, notes and maps. They compose the story by assembling the transitional instruments. We will conclude with a discussion of how diachronicity contributes to a better understanding of creative activities and the related tools.https://journals.openedition.org/activites/2437course of actionnarrative activitiescreative activitiesdiachronic activitiesinstrumental approach
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Les instruments transitionnels : une proposition pour étudier la diachronie des activités narratives
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narrative activities
creative activities
diachronic activities
instrumental approach
title Les instruments transitionnels : une proposition pour étudier la diachronie des activités narratives
title_full Les instruments transitionnels : une proposition pour étudier la diachronie des activités narratives
title_fullStr Les instruments transitionnels : une proposition pour étudier la diachronie des activités narratives
title_full_unstemmed Les instruments transitionnels : une proposition pour étudier la diachronie des activités narratives
title_short Les instruments transitionnels : une proposition pour étudier la diachronie des activités narratives
title_sort les instruments transitionnels une proposition pour etudier la diachronie des activites narratives
topic course of action
narrative activities
creative activities
diachronic activities
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url https://journals.openedition.org/activites/2437
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