Dispatches from the archive.
Occasional writing from the Steward.
On Transfer
A copy is a second instance. A transfer is the original becoming something else. The archive runs on the second kind.
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The Keepers Before Us
ARC did not begin with the internet, or with us. In Rajasthan, an order called the Jaga has been doing this work for eight hundred years. This is where our lineage lies.
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On Preservation
What does it mean to preserve something? Not to copy it, not to back it up, but to actually hold it against time.
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Session One Complete
Session one of twelve is complete. Seven subjects recorded. Five places remain.
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StoryCorps recorded 370,000 conversations and put them in the Library of Congress. Here is what they understood, and what ARC does differently.
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Year One: What Actually Changes
Everyone who moves to a new city alone says the same things at month one. By month twelve, those things are gone. This is what actually changes.
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The Unsent Letter
On the letter that stays in the drawer. What it holds. Why it was never sent. Why it should be preserved anyway.
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