Introduction

I am interested in considering how the creation, implementation, and assessment of recordkeeping policies and practices can imbue care into the overall processes. My objective in contributing to the Real-time Rights-based Recordkeeping Governance project is to help achieve a better understanding of how the design and format of documents can allow for interoperability and accountability while at the same time engendering an ethics of care.
I am interested in the analytics and metrics angle of this PhD project because I think these elements of assessment are important checks and balances that can genuinely help to bring about institutional self-reflection and change. With this in mind, I am particularly interested in pursuing research in two threads:

1. Considering the applications of archival diplomatics and the creation of form (genre studies) in the implementation of a collective ethics in the care of children and the translation of policy into action.
2. Exploring methods of storytelling using analysis and visualisation that effectively capture and communicate why change and/or compliance is important in the context of providing care with care.