{ "slug": "SCION_105_Cowbird_Relational_Commons", "version": "v2", "series": "SERIES_F_INTERACTIVE", "kicker": "SCION 105 \u00b7 INTERACTIVE & DATABASE MEDIA", "title": "Cowbird \u2014 Authored Stories in a Relational Commons", "subtitle": "First-person memory nodes connected by shared metadata tags (Place, Craft, Departure, Return)", "scion_id": 105, "supporting_scions": [ 71, 100, 110 ], "lineage": "Lineage: Jonathan Harris & Josh Lauer, Cowbird (2011)", "theorem": "Preserve quiet, self-contained personal stories\u2014a writer at a desk in lamplight, hands weaving, a packed suitcase, a couple in a car\u2014while linking them through explicit relational tags (`#lamplight`, `#craft`, `#departure`) rather than popularity rankings.", "boundary_note": "Displays the relational commons graph connections (`TAG: #DESK -> #CRAFT -> #DEPARTURE`) without metrics or likes.", "critic_tribunal": { "critic_role": "Independent relational-commons critic", "v1_verdict": "pass", "v2_verdict": "pass", "largest_gap": "Connects 5 intimate first-person story nodes (`b6100d97`, `b14b0ecf`, `f967dc97`, `22ba9c11`, `f0e42bea`) plus a relational split.", "falsifiable_repair": "All 6 segments verified cut-free." }, "duration_seconds": 35.67, "video_file": "films/SCION_105_Cowbird_Relational_Commons.mp4", "source_count": 5, "sources_summary": [ "b6100d97 \u00b7 Singing Wires (1951)", "b14b0ecf \u00b7 Make Art Feel Better with Billie Bivins: Whittling Wood (2013)", "f967dc97 \u00b7 6 1/2 Magic Hours (1958)", "22ba9c11 \u00b7 Beginning to Date (1953)", "f0e42bea \u00b7 Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story (1984)" ], "edl": [ { "seg_idx": 1, "type": "title_card", "title": "Cowbird \u2014 Authored Stories in a Relational Commons", "phase": "OPENING SLATE", "action": "First-person memory nodes connected by shared metadata tags (Place, Craft, Departure, Return)", "start_sec": 0.0, "end_sec": 3.0, "dur_s": 3.0 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "b6100d97-1545-55d8-bb29-ddf9cb418ca7", "source_title": "Singing Wires", "source_year": 1951, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/singing-wires-d80fe718?clip=b6100d97-1545-55d8-bb29-ddf9cb418ca7", "in_s": 0.5, "out_s": 5.3, "dur_s": 4.8, "phase": "STORY NODE #01 [AUTHOR: S.W., 1951] \u00b7 FIGURE AT DESK IN LAMPLIGHT", "action": "Singing Wires (1951): A solitary writer at a lamp-lit desk composing an entry for the commons", "nearmatch": "TAGS: #MEMORY \u00b7 #LAMPLIGHT", "seg_idx": 2, "start_sec": 3.0, "end_sec": 7.8 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "b14b0ecf-56db-58f1-968d-04132e48ac65", "source_title": "Make Art Feel Better with Billie Bivins: Whittling Wood", "source_year": 2013, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/make-art-feel-better-with-billie-bivins-whittling-wood-42fe150b?clip=b14b0ecf-56db-58f1-968d-04132e48ac65", "in_s": 0.5, "out_s": 5.3, "dur_s": 4.8, "phase": "STORY NODE #02 [LINKED VIA #CRAFT] \u00b7 HANDS WEAVING & WOODWORKING (2013)", "action": "Make Art Feel Better (2013): Hands working beside a circular woven form on a table", "nearmatch": "TAGS: #CRAFT \u00b7 #TABLETOP", "seg_idx": 3, "start_sec": 7.8, "end_sec": 12.6 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "f967dc97-4157-5181-a874-6f5277d2d723", "source_title": "6 1/2 Magic Hours", "source_year": 1958, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/6-1-2-magic-hours?clip=f967dc97-4157-5181-a874-6f5277d2d723", "in_s": 0.3, "out_s": 5.1, "dur_s": 4.8, "phase": "STORY NODE #03 [LINKED VIA #DEPARTURE] \u00b7 THE PACKED SUITCASE (1958)", "action": "6 1/2 Magic Hours (1958): A packed suitcase waiting before a journey \u2014 object-centered testimony", "nearmatch": "TAGS: #DEPARTURE \u00b7 #LUGGAGE", "seg_idx": 4, "start_sec": 12.6, "end_sec": 17.4 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "22ba9c11-a391-5b70-aa85-ec95c9fe45ba", "source_title": "Beginning to Date", "source_year": 1953, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/beginning-to-date?clip=22ba9c11-a391-5b70-aa85-ec95c9fe45ba", "in_s": 0.5, "out_s": 5.3, "dur_s": 4.8, "phase": "STORY NODE #04 [LINKED VIA #TRANSIT] \u00b7 TWO PEOPLE INSIDE A DARK CAR (1953)", "action": "Beginning to Date (1953): Quiet conversation shared inside a parked car at night", "nearmatch": "TAGS: #NIGHT \u00b7 #TRANSIT", "seg_idx": 5, "start_sec": 17.4, "end_sec": 22.2 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "f0e42bea-d4b7-5015-80ec-be3ca1c8c673", "source_title": "Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story", "source_year": 1984, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/fighter-for-freedom-the-frederick-douglass-story-4cc08ac0?clip=f0e42bea-d4b7-5015-80ec-be3ca1c8c673", "in_s": 0.5, "out_s": 5.3, "dur_s": 4.8, "phase": "STORY NODE #05 [LINKED VIA #DIALOGUE] \u00b7 SOFTLY LIT INTERIOR CONVERSATION (1984)", "action": "Fighter for Freedom (1984): Two people conversing in a quiet room \u2014 reciprocated witness", "nearmatch": "TAGS: #DIALOGUE \u00b7 #COMMONS", "seg_idx": 6, "start_sec": 22.2, "end_sec": 27.0 }, { "type": "split_shot", "clip_a": { "id": "b6100d97-1545-55d8-bb29-ddf9cb418ca7", "title": "Singing Wires", "year": 1951, "page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/singing-wires-d80fe718?clip=b6100d97-1545-55d8-bb29-ddf9cb418ca7" }, "clip_b": { "id": "f0e42bea-d4b7-5015-80ec-be3ca1c8c673", "title": "Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story", "year": 1984, "page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/fighter-for-freedom-the-frederick-douglass-story-4cc08ac0?clip=f0e42bea-d4b7-5015-80ec-be3ca1c8c673" }, "dur_s": 5.2, "phase": "SPLIT COMPARISON", "action": "RELATIONAL COMMONS: Solitary Writing Node (1951, Left) connected directly to Spoken Dialogue Node (1984, Right)", "nearmatch": "COWBIRD \u00b7 NON-COMPETITIVE LINK", "seg_idx": 7, "start_sec": 27.0, "end_sec": 32.2 }, { "seg_idx": 8, "type": "closing_ledger", "title": "SOURCE ATTRIBUTION & BOUNDARY NOTE", "phase": "CLOSING LEDGER", "action": "Displays the relational commons graph connections (`TAG: #DESK -> #CRAFT -> #DEPARTURE`) without metrics or likes.", "start_sec": 32.2, "end_sec": 35.7, "dur_s": 3.5 } ] }