Supportance: Self, Other, and Possible Support (v1, 2026)
A Possible Book about Supportance Theory
Oliver Ding
Founder of CALL (Creative Action Learning Lab), information architect, knowledge curator.
Epilogue: The Future of Supportance Analysis
This book marks a watershed:
Before: the "Supportance Theory" journey, focusing on theoretical development
After: the "Supportance Analysis" journey, focusing on applications
Leeway: The Ecological Total of Supportances
Once understood as a bridge concept naming the convergence of Weave-points, Living Coordinates, and Thematic Spaces, it now names something more fundamental: the ecological total of all available supportances in a person's social-material environment.
Supportance Analysis: How a Theoretical Platform Supports Creative Work
The question "how does a theoretical platform support creative work?" is therefore not a question about influence in the abstract. It is a question about what kinds of action opportunities a platform offers, to whom, and under what conditions.
World of Activity: Center as RelationField and the Dual-Center Pattern
Recent work on Supportance Theory and the RelationField framework (v3.0) has extended the analytical reach of this toolkit into domains that had previously received less attention: intimate relationships ...
[Creative Note] The Notion of Developmental Functionalism
This post is a reflective conceptual note on the notion of Developmental Functionalism, tracing how it emerged from my ongoing work on developmental concepts and theoretical frameworks, particularly developmental episode.
The Alienation of Supportance: The RelationField of High-Conflict Divorce (HCD)
In this article, I conceptualize HCD as a special type of RelationField—an HCD RelationField—whose internal logic and operational dynamics depart radically from those of ordinary intimate relation fields.
Following the Theme (2026): A 42-Post Journey in Reflection
This morning, after reflecting on the 42-post project, I designed a new thematic card: Following the Theme.
Thematic Supportance: Curation, Narrative, and Meaning
This article aims to explore the connection between Thematic Supportance and Creative Life Curation (2022), Strategic Life Narrative (2025), and GO Theory (2026)
Supportive Life Discovery (v2.0): The Mid-life Curation Edition
Mid-life development is a dual reconstruction process of career trajectory and life meaning, in which the Living Coordinate emerges as a watershed of structural reorientation.