This chapter develops the connection between cognition and agency and contends that the concepts of 4E cognition and 4A agency applied to the analysis of children’s activities will enable us to specify more concretely the relational and hybrid character of agency. It elaborates the existing theorisation of cognition within what is called 4E cognition, where 4E stands for cognition extended,...
This chapter explores how 4E cognition and 4A agency play out in the processes of informal design-and-build strategies used by children as they make toys and musical instruments. The materials used for making toys are anything that is ubiquitous in the local environment and of low value. Many kinds of discarded materials are repurposed for toy-making. The chapter describes in detail several...