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.
Oliver Ding
Founder of CALL (Creative Action Learning Lab), information architect, knowledge curator.
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).
The Ecological Camp Framework (2018)
Three case studies of the Ecological Camp Frameworks.
The Tripartness Meta-Diagram and Diagram Blending
The Tripartness meta-diagram can be expanded into what I call a Diagram Network — or, put differently, it can be seen as the result of a process of Diagram Blending.
Appropriating Activity Theory #5: Kids are Our Teachers (2018)
Interestingly, this story resonates with the research of Cole and Barker on children conducted many years ago.
The Concept of "Enterprise"
The concept of "Enterprise" refers to the subjective dimension of social life: a long-term, self-determined trajectory of actions.
The Creative Identity Engagement Framework
The Creative Identity Engagement Framework explores the concept of "Identity" within the Developmental Project model from two complementary perspectives: the Self and the Project.
Appropriating Activity Theory #4: When Vygotsky Meets Dewey (2019)
From 2019 to 2021, I worked on the Theory—Practice Connection centered around a simple diagram as a creative heuristic tool. The three-year journey took several strategic moves to scale its initial focus.