Question 1.
Explain in your own words what an activity system is, and
give three examples activity systems with which you are familiar. For each of
these systems, explain what its common motives and goals are.
Response 1.
An activity system is very similar to a discourse community
in my eyes. It appears that activity systems have a deeper definition although
they have 6 conditions just as discourse community does. I would define an
activity system as a growing group of communicative people with both a past and
a future with similar goals both individually and as a group. Some discourse
communities cannot be activity systems but all activity systems are discourse
communities. Three examples of activity systems are ski racing, mountain
biking, and a charity club. Ski racing has a large group of people looking to
grow skiers in to the best they can be, each person involved has their own
goals. Athletes want to obviously ski as fast as possible while coaches want to
grow the sport and help all athletes thrive. Mountain biking has everyone
looking to get stoked and have a good adventure. A charity club looks to
improve upon what they have done in the past and help the community improve.
I like your interpretation of an activity system and how you compared it to a discourse community. It is obvious that they are pretty much the same thing, but I thought you did a good job of still differentiating the two if someone were to ask a difference.
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