Weave the Theory (Possible Book, v1, 2026)
The Art of Theoretical Activity and Knowledge Ecology
Library
Weave the Life: The Life-as-Activity Approach (v4.0) and Personal Knowledge Ecology (Possible Book, v1, 2026)
This book is organized into five parts, each taking "Weave" as its organizing theme — but each meaning something different by it.
Revisiting and Rebuilding: A Strategy for Creative Identity Development (Possible Book, 2026)
The possible book is organized to reflect these three dimensions — temporal structure, creative strategy, and identity development — across six parts.
Anticipatory Cultural Sociology: Creation, Projection, and Agency (Possible Book, 2026)
The Landscape of Anticipatory Cultural Sociology (ACS) v2.0
From GO Theory to ACS and Beyond
To analyze Social Life Development at the cultural level, I needed a framework for the social world itself — not just a framework for the individual moving through it.
The "Cognitive Hydrology" Trilogy
Through Creative Life Curation, through thematic exploration, through consciously engaging with one's own cognitive flood, a person can transform the ordinary experience of daily life into sustained creative development.
Wonder and Wander (book, v1.0, 2025)
Wonder and Wander (2025) is a reflective work by Oliver Ding examining the formation and evolution of knowledge enterprises between 2019 and 2025. Based on eight case studies, the book explores how long-term creative projects emerge, stabilize, and transform over time.
Meta-frameworks (book, v1.0, 2025)
How individuals and groups work with concept systems over time, how frameworks emerge through use, and how they evolve as projects accumulate.
Developmental Projects (book, v1, 2025)
The Project Engagement Approach to Adult Development
Strategic Life Narrative (Possible Book, v1, 2025)
This possible book is not only an exploration of the twelve types of Strategic Life Narrative practices but also serves as a comprehensive review and presentation of my creative work over the past several years.