Knowledge Discovery: The “Domains — Works” Mapping

Oliver Ding
CALL4
Published in
18 min readApr 20, 2022

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Things you made and the Themes of Practice framework

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This article is part of the Slow Cognition Project which focuses on Developing Tacit Knowledge with Thematic Space Canvas. The Knowledge Discovery Canvas is an application of the Thematic Space Canvas.

The Knowledge Discovery Canvas has two nested squares which divide the thematic space into two sub-spaces: inner space and outer space. For Developing Tacit Knowledge, the inner space is all about personal knowing activities while the outer space is related to social interactions.

Based on the above settings, I generated a series of mapping between outer space and inner space:

  • Approaches — Tastes
  • Concepts — Notions
  • Events — Projects
  • Domains — Works
  • Perspectives — Views
  • Frameworks — Insights
  • Methods — Guides
  • Heuristics — Skills

Today I’ll focus on the Domains — Works mapping and use the Themes of Practice framework for the present discussion.

The Notion of “Domains (Works)”

The Domains — Works mapping can be seen as a nested structure: Domains (Works). For…

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Oliver Ding
CALL4

Founder of CALL(Creative Action Learning Lab), information architect, knowledge curator.