Oliver Ding - Activity Analysis Center

Project Engagement: Activity, Curativity, and Creativity

Activity provides materials; Curativity organizes them; Creativity opens up new possibilities.

Spatial Heuristics: Introducing the Creative Life Square

A Sub-square of the GO Square, representing 64 Weave-points for Creative Life Mapping

Making a Living Coordinate for Creative Life Discovery

On August 21, the diagram was made. On August 27, I write this reflection. The map is not the journey—but it helps me see where I am, and where I might be going. This is what a Living Coordinate does: it does not tell you what to do. It shows you where you stand.

Knowledge for Development: A Situational Map After Three Weeks in China

It is the same pattern. One thematic trip led to a creative theme, which in turn led to a possible book. After completing the trip, I ran into GAP Projects, which adopted the situational mapping method for creative life discovery. But this year, the new situational map tells a different story.

AAI in Context: When Psychotherapy meets Qualitative Sociology

Using the ECHO Way to explore the knowledge niche of the Activity Analysis & Intervention (AAI) project

[活动分析与干预] 第六讲：立功立言

这一讲借用「立功立言」作为引子，引导出活动世界论的一个核心概念：[主题事业]，它也是 [活动事业论] 和 [创造生活论] 的交汇之处。

安身立命：坐标、中心与格局

[活动分析与干预] 二十讲系列 · 第一辑

附录：安身立命的概念史和跨文化思考

“安身立命”是一个在中国文化中极具分量的成语。它承载的不仅是一个人的生存问题，更是一个关于“人如何在不确定的世界上站稳并活出人生意义”的根本追问。

前言：儒家典故的创意启发式

在一个特定的叙述框架中，选择合适的儒家典故，细致地探讨它们与活动世界论之间的各自联系、相似之处和差异之处——这个过程本身就是学习儒家思想、从中吸取养分的过程。

[活动分析与干预] 第五讲：月映万川

第五讲是这个基础模块的收尾，我用朱熹使用的“月映万川”这个儒家典故来说明活动世界论背后的认识论思想 [生态形式论]，以及根据这个思想发展出来的 FFCC 模型(Flow-Focus-Center-Circle)。