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Constitutional principle
Living Memory
To keep the past in active relationship with the present, not stored in isolation.
Canonical definition
Living Memory is memory that is still consulted, still connected, and still capable of shaping what comes next.
Why it exists
Because storage without relationship is not memory — it is loss postponed.
What it is not
- — A database.
- — A backup.
- — A dead archive.
- — A vault.
Examples
- — An Archive record linked to a lesson linked to a new contribution.
- — Continuity reviews.
- — Relationship mapping between offerings.
Steward responsibilities
- — Maintain connective tissue between records.
- — Schedule continuity reviews.
- — Ensure elders can revisit and re-contextualize.
Future considerations
- — Long-horizon preservation formats.
- — Memory across institutional transitions.