The Natural Allies
Our movement is composed of five distinct tribes:
- The Stewards (Librarians/Archivists): They have the institutions and the long-term mindset.
- The Builders (Tech Workers/Engineers): They understand the Sovereignty Stack and can build the tools.
- The Activists (EFF/Digital Rights): They fight the legal battles for the Right to Archive.
- The Scholars (STS/Digital Humanities): They provide the theoretical legitimacy.
- The Creators (Artists/Users): They create the content worth saving.
The Common Enemy
Coalitions often form not out of love, but out of shared threat. The threat of total data loss—the "Digital Dark Age"—is the gravity that holds these tribes together.
Field Notes
The "Translator" Role: An Archaeobytologist often acts as a translator, explaining "metadata standards" to hackers and "API rate limits" to historians. This bridging work is the glue of the coalition.