Professional Practice
The Practitioner's Library: Resources for professional archaeobytologists.
Guides for consulting work, system evaluation, institutional development, and maintaining rigorous ethical practice in the field.
Supplementary / Practice
Consulting
Consulting & Evaluation
Diagnostic
Toolkit
Sovereignty Audit Protocols
Standardized methodology for auditing digital platforms to determine Sovereignty Score across Declaration, Connection, and Ground.
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Anvil
Methodology
Diagnostic Protocol for Critique
5-phase forensic audit framework: Mortality Check, Sovereignty Audit, Economic Forensics, Failure Mode Prediction, and Anvil Recommendation.
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Communication
Translator's Guide
5 translation rules for explaining technical findings to non-technical stakeholders, with an executive summary template for client deliverables.
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Ethics
Ethical Guidelines & Oath
The Steward's Oath: 5 ethical principles for preservation work, including Red Lines and evaluation checklists.
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Operations
Preservation Operations
Deep Triage
The Triage Workflow: From Discovery to Access
8-phase systematic rescue operation workflow for responding to platform shutdowns: Discovery, Assessment, Mobilization, Capture, Validation, Storage, Access, and Documentation.
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Development
Institution Building
Coming Soon
- Starting an Organization: Legal and practical first steps.
- Sustainable Funding: Models for long-term archive work.
- Community Building: Organizing around preservation practice.
- Legal Structures: Frameworks for digital commons projects.
Resources
Tools & Templates
Coming Soon
- Autopsy Reports: Standardized templates for reporting.
- Sovereignty Checklists: Rapid assessment sheets.
- Dependency Audits: Worksheets for tech stack analysis.
- Triage Matrix: Decision support tools for emergencies.