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Weave 2.0: Synchronic Line, Diachronic Line, and Living Coordinate

The two lines come from the Weave knowledge system; the Living Coordinate is what their intersection produces within the World of Activity Approach; and each such coordinate opens onto a Thematic Space

How to Navigate the Symbolic Universe: Three Principles of Spatial Heuristics

how does one actually use GO Square to locate, analyze, and trace the movement of concept systems?

GO Square: Mapping the Symbolic Universe

This article introduces GO Square, an operational framework for systematically mapping the Symbolic Universe—the intersection of the Cultural System and the Historical System.

The Landscape of Strategic Developmental Psychology (v1.2)

What was once a method for building sociology has now become the foundation for a new Strategic Developmental Psychology—a transition from understanding how we create culture to understanding how that creative identity, in turn, develops the self.

The Landscape of Anticipatory Cultural Sociology (v2.0)

ACS v1.0 was a curation of meta-frameworks... Precisely these two needs have driven the development from v1.0 to v2.0: building out the operational layer and establishing the coordination structure that holds it together.

The Landscape of ACS 1.2 and a New Model of the Actor

The ACS model is oriented differently. It is not primarily about constraint or calculation. It is about orientation — what directions are available, what positions are possible, what forms of action are open.

The Landscape of Anticipatory Cultural Sociology

In this article, I share the story behind these moves from AAS to HLS, and the landscape of Anticipatory Cultural Sociology.

World of Activity (v1, 2024)

The House of Project Engagement and Featured Models form the World of Activity toolkit (v1, 2024)

Slow Cognition: How did I develop the "Product Engagement" Framework?

Using Knowledge Discovery Canvas to reflect on the Product Engagement project

A Five-space Model for Strategic Curation Activity

What does Strategic Curation mean? It refers to using a specific strategy to curate pieces of experience, knowledge, and resources into a meaningful whole for a better future.