Frame for Work: The Ontology of Knowledge Frameworks and Ecological Actualism

Oliver Ding
Curativity Center
Published in
23 min readDec 13, 2023

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A Case Study of the Ecological Actualism Framework

The above diagram is an integrated ecological approach to social cognition.

It was formed by two sub-frameworks: the Ecological Formism framework and the Ecological Actualism framework.

This article aims to use the Ecological Actualism framework to develop a new ontology of Knowledge Frameworks. We can also see it as a case study of the Ecological Actualism framework.

In the last section, I present a new framework of Knowledge Frameworks and use it to close the “Frame for Work” project (Phase I).

Contents

1. The Ecological Actualism Framework

2. Five Moments of Knowledge Frameworks

2.1 From Possible to Actual
2.2 From Logical to Representation
2.3 From Mental to Action
2.4 From Make to Use
2.5 From Use to Possible

3. The Meaning of Ecological Actualism

3.1 A Developmental Dynamic Process
3.2 Graphic Space Affordances
3.3 Explore Thematic Spaces and Beyond…

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Oliver Ding
Curativity Center

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