Activity Analysis Network #7: The Piano House, Activity, and Mind
In this issue (#7), two new articles explore the Activity as Container conceptual deck I created in 2017, and the story behind it.
Oliver Ding
Founder of CALL (Creative Action Learning Lab), information architect, knowledge curator.
Appropriating Activity Theory #7: The Piano House and Activity as Container
The "Activity-as-Container" conceptual deck was part of a four-project creative journey from July 2017 to Feb 2018.
Revisiting the "Activity - Relation" Framework (2017)
Deconstructing Oliver Ding's "Activity-as- Container" Conceptual Deck
Developmental Projects (book, v1, 2025)
The Project Engagement Approach to Adult Development
Appropriating Activity Theory #6: Engaging with Andy Blunden's Creative Ideas
The student had to become a creator before he could adequately teach the teacher's ideas.
The Concept of "Developmental Project"
The Living Way of the “Developmental Project” Concept
Activity Analysis Network #6: Project as Social Environment
From November 15 to November 30, I worked on editing a new possible book: Developmental Projects: The Project Engagement Approach to Adult Development.
Toward a Project-Oriented Ecology of Adult Development
Vygotsky’s “Ecological Mind” and a New Approach to Adult Development
The Cultural Projection Model (2025)
The approach expands Activity Theory’s internalization-externalization principle by introducing the “Outside — Projecting — Inside” triad as a basic ecological form to describe how people engage with social environments, particularly with projects.
Activity Analysis Network #5: Zone, Camp, and Project
In this issue (#5), three new articles explore the Ecological Camp Framework, its meta-diagram Tripartness, and the story behind it. I also published a long article about the Creative Identity Engagement Framework, which is part of the Project Engagement Approach (version 3.1).