Z Lab

The Landscape of ACS 1.2 and a New Model of the Actor

The ACS model is oriented differently. It is not primarily about constraint or calculation. It is about orientation — what directions are available, what positions are possible, what forms of action are open.

The Landscape of Anticipatory Cultural Sociology

In this article, I share the story behind these moves from AAS to HLS, and the landscape of Anticipatory Cultural Sociology.

World of Activity (v1, 2024)

The House of Project Engagement and Featured Models form the World of Activity toolkit (v1, 2024)

Slow Cognition: How did I develop the "Product Engagement" Framework?

Using Knowledge Discovery Canvas to reflect on the Product Engagement project

A Five-space Model for Strategic Curation Activity

What does Strategic Curation mean? It refers to using a specific strategy to curate pieces of experience, knowledge, and resources into a meaningful whole for a better future.

Creative Life Curation: Kinds of Actors

Curators are not scientists. Creative Life Curation needs both Creators and Curators.

Slow Cognition: The Activity U Project and Creative Life Curation

Using the Creative Life Curation framework to reflect on the Activity U project.

A Semiotic System Diagram for Creative Life Curation

Turning potential opportunities into actual actions, turning the world into a person’s experience, and turning the person’s experience into artifacts for the world.

Slow Cognition: Three Paths of Creative Life and A Semiotic System

Oliver Ding adopts Ping-keung Lui's theoretical sociology as a reference frame to develop a curated framework for the Life Strategy project.

Slow Cognition: The Creative Life Curation Framework

What I learned from the Knowledge Curation Project (phase 1)