Activity theory thoughts...

With the thoughts of the research being aided by the theoretical framework of activity theory, the following statement has particular significance for my thinking of how the concept of tools does not describe all technologies, and so if not all artifacts are tools "can the use of artifacts that are not tools be described as mediation?"

[Artifacts] mediate activity that connects a person not only with the world of objects, but also with other people. This means that a person's activity assimilates the experience of humanity. -- Leont'ev (1974)