Oliver Ding - Activity Analysis Center

The Relationfield of Knowledge Engagement

This article asks what actually happens when two knowledge creators meet. Using RelationField, a framework completed in 2026, this article supplies that missing layer: reading a series of cases, from a single brief exchange to eighteen years of correspondence, Episode by Episode.

Creative Diagramming: The House of Focus Dynamics

This article is part of a series of posts that introduce a new series thematic maps for the World of Activity Approach, especially the FFCC model (Flow-Focus-Center-Circle).

Creative Diagramming: The House of Center Dynamics

Inspired by Daniel Levinson's The Seasons of a Man's Life (1978), I began to ask: if a Center could be seen as having a life of its own, what would its seasons look like?

Creative Diagramming: The House of World of Activity

Today I updated the World of Activity page on the Activity Analysis Center website. After completing the work, I just designed a new thematic map (see the diagram above) for fun. However, this new design brings a new insight. This is what the article about.

Activity Analysis Network #23: 安身立命 (Ānshēn Lìmìng), Gejunction in the Wild, and GO Theory (III)

From Theoretical Development to Practical Analysis — The August Exploration

Gejunction in the Wild (Collection, v1,2026)

This collection is a record of an exploration—a case study of a theorist in transition, using his own theoretical tools to understand his own situation, in real time.

Project Engagement: Activity, Curativity, and Creativity

Activity provides materials; Curativity organizes them; Creativity opens up new possibilities.

Spatial Heuristics: Introducing the Creative Life Square

A Sub-square of the GO Square, representing 64 Weave-points for Creative Life Mapping

Making a Living Coordinate for Creative Life Discovery

On August 21, the diagram was made. On August 27, I write this reflection. The map is not the journey—but it helps me see where I am, and where I might be going. This is what a Living Coordinate does: it does not tell you what to do. It shows you where you stand.

Knowledge for Development: A Situational Map After Three Weeks in China

It is the same pattern. One thematic trip led to a creative theme, which in turn led to a possible book. After completing the trip, I ran into GAP Projects, which adopted the situational mapping method for creative life discovery. But this year, the new situational map tells a different story.