Theme U: The AAS Framework and its applications

AAS stands for “Anticipatory Activity System”

The above diagram is the first tool of the Knowledge Curation Project: Theme U. It was developed for Single-theory Curation.

Single-theory Curation is defined as a special type of activity that aims to understand the landscape of a theory, a theoretical concept, or a theory/concept-related practice such as learning, teaching, creating, etc. It is different from Multiple-theory Curation.

The Knowledge Curation project started from Single-theory Curation because it is a simple version of Multiple-theory Curation. If we can’t understand Single-theory Curation, we definitely can’t understand Multiple-theory Curation.

The HERO U diagram adopts the Width way and defines six types of objects of knowing:

• mTheory: Meta-theory
• sTheory: Specific Theory
• aModel: Abstract Model
• cModel: Concrete Model
• dPractice: Domain Practice
• gPractice: General Practice

You can find some case studies in The Knowledge Curation Toolkit #1: Theme U for Single-theory Curation.

Though the HERO U diagram is designed for curating existing theories and their applications, it…