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Sample Activity Systems

  • Music subcultures
  • Professional settings
    • A hospital unit managing patient charts
    • A college writing center session
    • An engineering design team
    • A community literacy project
  • Professional organizations
    • Medical Library Association (MLA)
    • United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)
  • Fandoms
    • Books (Janeites, Sherlockians, Windies)
    • Science fiction or fantasy genres (Potterheads)
    • Movies (Warsies, Tributes)
    • TV (Trekkies, Thronies)
    • Anime and manga (Moonies, Evageeks)
    • Music (Coldplayers, Swifties, Deadheads)
    • Celebrities (Cumberbitches, Stanakins, Pine-Nuts)
    • Comics (Marvelites, Batmaniacs, Winter's Children)
    • Sports (Bills Mafia, Red Sox Nation, Cheeseheads)

Databases & Search Tips

  • "activity theory" AND writing
  • "activity system" AND workplace
  • ["cultural historical activity theory" OR "cultural-historical activity theory" OR chat] AND literacy
  • "genre studies" AND "activity theory"
  • "activity system" AND nursing

Reminder:  Use quotations marks to search for exact phrases.

Search Tip:  Adding "activity theory" "writing" "case study" will yield good examples.

Example:  "nursing" "activity theory" "writing" "case study"

Normally, quotations are used to search phrases, however Google also uses quotation marks around single words to make sure search results include that word.