Research Methodology
The Institute employs a multidisciplinary methodology combining digital documentation, embodied practice, structural mapping, and ethical oversight.
1. Project Leadership and Institutional Structure
The Principal Investigator oversees research direction, intellectual framing, and ethical compliance, while technical collaborators manage recording, digital formatting, and archival implementation.
2. Research Design: Digital Ethnography Rooted in Embodied Practice
The research applies Digital Ethnography to document oral recitations within lived cultural contexts, ensuring tonal authenticity and interpretive integrity.
3. Oral-Textual Translation Process
Recorded oral materials are transcribed, translated, and annotated using structured documentation protocols.
4. Binary Structural Mapping
Combinatorial structures are analyzed using binary logic frameworks to examine parallels between Ifá systems and computational models.
5. Digital Archival Platform
A WordPress-based repository is developed to store, categorize, and ethically manage research outputs.
6. Ethical Framing and Cultural Stewardship
Community consultation and cultural sensitivity guide all phases of digitization and dissemination.
7. Analytical Framework
The project integrates Indigenous epistemology, Digital Humanities theory, and computational logic to produce interdisciplinary analysis.
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