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Each community has one or more _institutions_, and each institution operates through one or more _mechanisms_. Mechanisms are specific practices or rules governing _access_ to the institutions, _decision-making_, as well as _enforcement_. Each community has one or more _institutions_, and each institution operates through one or more _mechanisms_. Mechanisms are specific practices or rules governing _access_ to the institutions, _decision-making_, as well as _enforcement_.
### Methodology ## Methodology
We began collecting data in the summer of 2021, and we have so far coded 67 discrete communities, over 300 institutions, and about 100 institutional mechanisms. We began looking into existing databases of documented groups around the world, such as the [Ethnographic Atlas](https://d-place.org/contributions/EA) and the [Human Relations Area Files](https://hraf.yale.edu/), and proceeded to identify communities that fit our criteria. We began collecting data in the summer of 2021, and we have so far coded 67 discrete communities, over 300 institutions, and about 100 institutional mechanisms. We began looking into existing databases of documented groups around the world, such as the [Ethnographic Atlas](https://d-place.org/contributions/EA) and the [Human Relations Area Files](https://hraf.yale.edu/), and proceeded to identify communities that fit our criteria.
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While much of the more readily available data comes from the West, we have deliberately sought to cover less well-known, and often less well-documented, non-Western cases. The reasons, as we explain in a recent [Daedalus](https://www.amacad.org/publication/governance-archaeology-research-ancestry) piece, are empirical and ethical: as globalization and advances in digitization enable us to learn more about the diversity of political arrangements around the world and throughout history, the usual Western-centered view seems increasingly myopic. Moreover, if the goal of this project is contributing to retrofit modern democracy with an eye to participation and inclusion, then we need to design for a “pluriverse,” a space in which many social worlds can fit. While much of the more readily available data comes from the West, we have deliberately sought to cover less well-known, and often less well-documented, non-Western cases. The reasons, as we explain in a recent [Daedalus](https://www.amacad.org/publication/governance-archaeology-research-ancestry) piece, are empirical and ethical: as globalization and advances in digitization enable us to learn more about the diversity of political arrangements around the world and throughout history, the usual Western-centered view seems increasingly myopic. Moreover, if the goal of this project is contributing to retrofit modern democracy with an eye to participation and inclusion, then we need to design for a “pluriverse,” a space in which many social worlds can fit.
### Team ## Team
- [Federica Carugati (PI)](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/federica-carugati) - [Federica Carugati (PI)](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/federica-carugati)
- [Nathan Schneider (PI)](https://nathanschneider.info/) - [Nathan Schneider (PI)](https://nathanschneider.info/)
- [Riley Wong](https://www.rileynwong.com/) - [Riley Wong](https://www.rileynwong.com/)
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- [Darija Medić](https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/graduate-students/intermedia-art-writing-and-performance/darija-medic) - [Darija Medić](https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/graduate-students/intermedia-art-writing-and-performance/darija-medic)
### Participating Organizations ## Participating Organizations
- [King’s College London](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/) - [King’s College London](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/)
- [MEDLab, University of Colorado Boulder](https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/) - [MEDLab, University of Colorado Boulder](https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/)
- [Metagov](https://metagov.org/) - [Metagov](https://metagov.org/)

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### [Governance Archaeology Database: v1.2](https://airtable.com/appvYlkHheYBuvDdR/shrPD4OrKdIMAfgwP) ### [Governance Archaeology Database: v1.2](https://airtable.com/appvYlkHheYBuvDdR/shrPD4OrKdIMAfgwP)
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## [Governance Archaeology Database: v1.2](https://airtable.com/appvYlkHheYBuvDdR/shrPD4OrKdIMAfgwP)
## Documentation
**Last updated:** May 2024
- **Name:** The name of the community with collective governance practices.
- **Community:**
- **Institution:**
- **Collective governance institution:** Any structure where a group of more than one person gathers to make decisions on behalf of the community.
- **Mechanism:** A text description of a specific governance practice or rule. In this database, mechanisms are grouped into three broad categories: *access*, defining access to the instutition; *decision-making*, regulating decision-making processes; and *enforcement*, guiding enforcement practices.
- **Geography:**
- **Time span:** Written text description of the centuries in which the community existed in history.
- **Time span: start:** Starting century encoded as integers, with negative numbers denoting BC, and positive numbers denoting AD.
- **Time span: end:** Ending century encoded as integers, with negative numbers denoting BC, and positive numbers denoting AD.
- **Size:** The number of members in the community. While some communities may have additionally granular size encodings, community size is generally bucketed in the following groups:
- 1 - 10
- 11 - 100
- 100 - 1,000
- 1,001 - 10,000
- 10,001 - 100,000
- 100,001 - 1,000,000
- 1,000,001 - 10,000,000
- 10,000,000+
- Unknown
- **Source:** Source material documenting community information.
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Where will people today turn for inspiration as they develop governance systems for the present and future? Where will people today turn for inspiration as they develop governance systems for the present and future?
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To expand our historical imagination and our repertoires for the future, *governance archaeology* is a strategy for co-producing a global commons of collective governance design. We hope to inspire institutional learning and experimentation, particularly in the face of rapid technological change and vexing global crises. To expand our historical imagination and our repertoires for the future, *governance archaeology* is a strategy for co-producing a global commons of collective governance design. We hope to inspire institutional learning and experimentation, particularly in the face of rapid technological change and vexing global crises.
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Explore collective governance practices across culture, history, and geography.
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View the full database here: <a href="https://airtable.com/appvYlkHheYBuvDdR/shrPD4OrKdIMAfgwP">Governance Archaeology Database, v1.2</a>
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