Dr.KatherineSkinner,ExecutiveDirector,EducopiaInstituteDodgingtheMemoryHole2016October13-14,UCLA@Educopia

A l ignment and Rec iproc i ty

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Angleofrepose

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Criticaltransitions

• Thesemarkthespacebetweenonestablestateandanother.

• Ecology,biology,economics,sociology,etc.– Identifiablecriteria– Identifiablesignals

• Requireanalysisofthewholesystem

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Principle1:Systemstendtowardstasis

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Principle2:Stasisfailswhenkeyconditionsalign

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e.g.,Changesinthemeansofcommunication,Newstakeholdersinthesystem,Changesinpoliticalstructures,Changesintheeconomy,etc…

Principle3:Innovationshappenonthefringes

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Principle4:Humannetworkscreatechange

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alignmentisatransformative

tactic

IF

Systemstendtowardstasis

Criticaltransitionsarerareandrecognizable

Humannetworksmoveinnovationsfromfringetocenter

Changedependsonthesupportofnetworksofpeople

THEN

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Whatdowegainfromcoordination?

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Whathaveweheard?

Weneedtomeetthenerdswheretheyare.(Ben)

Weneedbothbusinessandsocialgoodargumentsforpreservingnews(Matt)

Wehavetobemindfuloforganizationalstability—evenstrongcorporationsarenotdesignedforlong-termsurvival(Ana)

Weneedtoallytech/datainfrastructureswitharchivaltechniquesandprinciples(Kate)

Thereisacrucialrelationshipbetweenaccountabilityandpreservation(Hjalmar)

Termsofservicehavechanged.Wearenowrentingandleasing,notowninginperpetuity.(Chris)

LCcandemandcopyrightdeposit.Ithaschosennotto.(Cliff)

Weneedtoputarchivingonthesamefootingassecurity,internationalization(Ben)

Hewhocontrolsthepastcontrolsthefuture(OrwellviaEvan)

Whatcanwedo?

Assemblenewshackersandlib/archivehackers(HacksandHackersmeetsCode4Lib)

Createandtestbusinessmodelsforpreservingnews

Collectingsocialmediaasprimarysourcematerial

Coordinatewithassociationsservingeachstakeholdercommunity

Createaregistryofdigitalnewspreservation

Producemorepluginsforpreservationformajorplatforms

Produceadvocacypiecesdesignedforspecificaudiences

Forwardworkingmodels

Talktoyourlocalpaperandreportback.

Conduitsforaction

• DTMHGoogleGroup• Savenews.org• Projectteams• #dtmh2016

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Impact

Formoreonthescienceofstarlingmurmuration seePLOS,“StarlingFlockNetworks”:http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002894 @Educopia

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