The Canon Modules, to be found in Volume I, synthesise theoretical orientation, propositions and consequences, epistemological and ontological positioning, design method, analytic instruments, heuristics, praxeological concerns, entailments for inquiry and field-level horizons.

Their organisation from Module 0 to Module 9 gives this synthesis a developing narrative structure. Sequential reading is therefore recommended for a first encounter with the Canon. It allows the distinctions established in earlier Modules to support the propositions and consequences introduced later.

There is, however, no single route through the Canon. Readers approaching IAD from different fields, practices and areas of interest may wish to traverse the Modules selectively. Concepts encountered in one Module may also lead recursively to definitions in the Glossary, discussions in other Modules or related Auxiliary Notes.