Appropriating Activity Theory #17: The Art of Theoretical Activity
In 2022 I called it Slow Cognition. In 2026, it has a more accurate name: The Art of Theoretical Activity.
Oliver Ding
Founder of CALL (Creative Action Learning Lab), information architect, knowledge curator.
Weave the Theory (Possible Book, v1, 2026)
The Art of Theoretical Activity and Knowledge Ecology
One Center, Multi-voices, and Multi-moves
To examine this ecology, the article focuses on one of its most generative nodes: the knowledge enterprise built by Yrjö Engeström and centered on CRADLE. Two analytical tools from the Weave-the-Theory toolkit are used.
Bonnie Nardi: Engaging with a Theoretical Tradition
When a theoretical tradition reaches a moment of broad cross-boundary expansion — entering many disciplines simultaneously, forming a Creative Delta — the Curativity Line work at that moment is foundational: ... This is the Second Founding...
Weave the Theory: The Journey of Activity Theory and CHAT (Since 2000)
What makes a theoretical tradition a tradition — rather than simply a collection of works — is the collaborative structure that holds it together across time... It means something more structural: a before–after relationship between creators.
Weave the Enterprise: Theoretical Platform and Theoretical Enterprise
Together, these four contributions give the concepts of Theoretical Platform and Theoretical Enterprise the analytical depth they need to function as productive tools within the Weave-the-Theory toolkit.
Revisiting the Genidentity of Activity Theory
Capturing the Essential Difference of a Theoretical Tradition
Activity Analysis Network #16: Weave the Life, Theoretical Activity, and Knowledge Ecology
these articles inspire me to edit a new possible book titled Weave the Life: The Life-as-Activity Approach (v4.0) and Personal Knowledge Ecology.
Weave the Life: The Life-as-Activity Approach (v4.0) and Personal Knowledge Ecology (Possible Book, v1, 2026)
This book is organized into five parts, each taking "Weave" as its organizing theme — but each meaning something different by it.
Weave: A Model of the Actor
As the intermediate layer between the Activity as Project Engagement model and the Life-History Topology model, the Weave-the-Life framework plays a significant role in the Life-as-Activity approach.