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Participation DICT
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How people take part in building ResearchCity --- the ways of joining the work,
and the human posture they grow toward. See the :doc:`Buy In </buy-in/index>`
page for the contribution framework (the voluntary ~$8 buy-in and the per-person
cap) that these roles attach to.


.. glossary::
   :sorted:

   Backer
      Someone who supports the work **financially** --- the voluntary ~$8 buy-in,
      up to the per-person cap. Backing is itself a way of taking part; a Backer
      need not engage any further. *(The capped, resourcing form of
      participation.)*

      See: :term:`Participant`, :term:`Sojourner`, :term:`Contributor`.

   Sojourner
      Anyone who **engages with the deep-water questions** of a research focus
      area in any way --- including learners who do not (yet) back financially. A
      fellow traveler on the narrow path: the journey out of :term:`BABL` toward
      :term:`ZION`. *(The attending, learning form of participation.)*

      See: :term:`Participant`, :term:`Homo transiens`, :term:`ZION`.

   Contributor
      Anyone who **contributes real content** to the work --- a theory, a
      refutation, an analysis, an artifact --- beyond reading or backing. A
      Contributor need not be a :term:`Backer` or a :term:`Sojourner` (someone
      may develop an important result without following any one focus area).
      *(The creating form of participation.)*

      See: :term:`Participant`, :term:`Backer`, :term:`Sojourner`.

   Participant
      The union of all who take part in building ResearchCity --- by **backing**,
      **sojourning**, or **contributing**, in any combination --- working
      together on the narrow path. Participation does not require all three
      roles: a Backer participates *financially*, a Sojourner by *engaging*, a
      Contributor by *creating*; any one of these is already taking part.

      See: :term:`Backer`, :term:`Sojourner`, :term:`Contributor`,
      :term:`Homo transiens`.

   Homo transiens
      The *crossing-over*, journeying human --- defined in contrast to Homo
      "sapiens," the know-it-all that assesses itself as :term:`OK` (arrived).
      Every Backer, Sojourner, and Contributor is on the way to becoming Homo
      transiens: one who keeps moving from worse toward better and never claims
      arrival --- the :term:`NoToK` posture, walking the :term:`ZION` cycle.

      See: :term:`NoToK`, :term:`OK`, :term:`ZION`, :term:`Participant`.