A simple version of the Anticipatory Activity System (AAS) framework AAS stands for Anticipatory Activity System. The AAS Framework adds the five movements to the basic model of AAS. 1. Unfolding 2. Discovering 3. Modeling 4. Producing 5. Storytelling This is a simple version of the #AAS4LT framework which has…

Three versions of Ecological Practice Approach The above diagram is the newest version of the Ecological Practice approach. This article aims to review the historical development of the approach. Contents 1. A Brief 2. The “Toolkit” version (2019) 3. The “Germ-cell” version (2020) 4. The “Hierarchy” version (2021) 5. Three books (2018–2021) 6. Ecological Psychology v.s…

This post is originally published on the Activity Analysis website. Finally, I start running the Activity Analysis project as an independent knowledge center. For each knowledge center, I use three keywords to describe its focus. For the Activity Analysis Center, the focus is described with the following themes: Curativity Creativity …

A new program for developing your cognitive skills In August 2022, I will work on a new program called Modeling Social Practices that aims to encourage you to run a Developmental Project for creating new knowledge about social practices. See the diagram above. Connecting THEORY and PRACTICE The “Modeling Social Practices” program is developed…

Developing a framework for the Thematic Controversy Project Last month I read Controversy Mapping: A Field Guide (Tommaso Venturini & Anders Kristian Munk, 2022) which connects ANT (Actor-network theory) with digital methods for social cartography. Algirdas Greimas’ Two Diagrams According to the authors, ANT is inspired by Algirdas Greimas’ semantics and narrative theory in…

Running a Knowledge Curation Project with the HERO I Canvas Two years ago, I published an article titled HERO U — A New Framework for Knowledge Heroes on June 26, 2020. Two months later, I started testing the HERO framework by writing a series of articles about Activity Theory. …

Managers as Knowledge Curators Three weeks ago, Geoff Elliott shared several e-books about System Thinking with me. These are really wonderful knowledge resources. I immediately started reading Mike Jackson’s Systems Thinking: Creative Holism for Managers (2003).