Methodological Empathy: The HITED Framework and the Theory-Method Fit
Applying the RR practice to my 2022 HITED article reveals what was already present in that work and what was missing.
Oliver Ding
Founder of CALL (Creative Action Learning Lab), information architect, knowledge curator.
The Aspects - Approaches Fit
This article addresses the silence directly. It traces the Aspects-Approaches distinction back to its methodological source, explains what Weave-the-Theory adds to that source...
Clay Spinuzzi: Mediating Concept and Network of Projects
A dialogue between two theoretical traditions may generate mediating concepts...But it is not always sufficient to establish a distinctive knowledge niche.
Generative Confluence: Theoretical Activity, Theoretical Enterprise, and Theoretical Platform
In May 2026, I recognized that the trio of concepts I had recently developed — Theoretical Activity, Theoretical Enterprise, and Theoretical Platform — was itself a product of a smaller, nested confluence.
From Personal Epistemology to Knowledge Ecology
This is the Postscript of a new possible book: Weave the Theory: The Art of Theoretical Activity and Knowledge Ecology
Activity Analysis Network #17: Weave the Theory
The release of Weave the Theroy marks the moment when the knowledge engagement exploration reaches the knowledge ecology stage.
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.
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...