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The Deep Archive

Author Shaun Murdock
Language Context English

The Research Pipeline

The Deep Archive acts as the structural backbone of the Root & Branch Library. It tracks the original analyses and primary source translations currently in production for future publication.

I have organised the pipeline into two distinct branches: my own structural analyses, and the translation of foundational operating protocols.


I. ANALYSES IN PRODUCTION

Original syntheses of digital, urban, and media systems.

  • Data Reciprocity: A policy paper on AI, proposing 'Data Royalties' and collective licensing as a response to the digital enclosure.
  • Platform Co-ops vs. The Digital Enclosure: A critique of 'share-washing' in platform capitalism, contrasting it with the DisCO Manifesto and genuine digital cooperativism.
  • The Urban Commons: Analysing how proximity creates value, and how Community Land Trusts (CLTs) capture that value for the neighbourhood rather than the landlord.
  • Solidarity and Balance: Connecting European Mutualism to global concepts like Buen Vivir (Andes) and Ubuntu (Southern Africa).

II. TRANSLATIONS IN PRODUCTION

A curated translation pipeline charting the legal, financial, and reproductive base of the Solidarity Economy.

VOLUME I: THE ROOT & BRANCH PROTOCOLS

The Legal and Financial Architecture of the Social Economy.

Part 1: The Governance Architecture

  • [PT] Brazil: 2024 Solidarity Economy Law
  • [FR] French Parliament: The SCIC Statute (Law 2014-856)
  • [IT] Italian Parliament: Legge Basevi
  • [ES] Basque Government: The Basque Social Shield Strategy (2023–2027)
  • [PT] Portugal: Framework Law on the Social Economy
  • [IT] Commissione Zamagni: Draft Reports for the Reform of the Third Sector
  • [ES] Bolivia: Framework Law of Mother Earth
  • [ES] Spanish Government: Spanish Social Economy Strategy 2023–2027

Part 2: The Metrics

  • [ES] Climent Diranzo: The Ethical Balance Sheet
  • [PT] Cavinato: Social Efficiency Metrics
  • [IT] Banca Etica: The "Evaluation of Social Value" Protocol
  • [ES] Abad-Itoiz: SROI Analysis in Gender Equality

Part 3: The Ecosystem

  • [FR] Richez-Battesti et al.: The Territorial Pole
  • [ES] Salazar Villano: Public-Social Collaboration
  • [ES] Miguel de la Fuente: The Scale Problem
  • [ES] Solórzano-García: Cooperative Law and Identity
  • [FR] Jean-Baptiste André Godin: Social Solutions

VOLUME II: THE MUTUALIST HORIZON

Modern Case Studies and the Reproductive Commons.

Part 1: The Reproductive Commons

  • [FR] Isabelle Guérin: The Solidarity Economy and Gender Inequality: A Social Justice Approach
  • [IT] Euricse Working Paper 119: Proximity and Health
  • [ES] Jiménez-López: Food Sovereignty (Oaxaca)
  • [ES] Garganté & Samper: Collaborative Housing for the Elderly

Part 2: The Modern Case Studies

  • [IT] Martinelli et al.: Platform Cooperativism in Italy and Europe
  • [IT] Bassi & Fabbri: Workers BuyOuts
  • [FR] Richez-Battesti: Concrete Utopias in Marseille
  • [PT] Cohen et al.: MutualData
  • [CA] Ricard Espelt: Networked Ruralities
  • [ES] Andrews Serrano: Complementary Currencies in Mexico
  • [IT] Euricse Research Report: Production and Occupational Supply Chains