Knowledge Discovery: The “Methods — Guides” Mapping

Oliver Ding
CALL4
Published in
21 min readMay 3, 2022

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Turning a framework into a method

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

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 Methods — Guides mapping and share some of my stories. Part 1 introduces a typology of methods while Part 2 shares an example of…

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Oliver Ding
CALL4

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