Part 4: Documentation as Perseverence  Continuing our series looking at documentation in the Arts & Sciences through the lens of the virtues exemplified by our Society’s peerage orders, we will look now at one of the less commonly discussed virtues: perseverance. In our Society, we’ve come to associate perseverance with the Order of Defence.  The... Continue Reading →

Part 3: Documentation as Service  This post will continue our series looking at documentation in the Arts & Sciences through the lens of the virtues exemplified by our Society’s peerage orders.  Today we will talk about service.   To a very large degree, the SCA is an organization built on service.  This tradition of volunteerism is... Continue Reading →

Part 2: Documentation as Courtesy  In the first post of this series, we talked a bit about what we mean when we talk about documentation in our Arts and Sciences.  The remainder of this series will talk about how documenting our re-creation efforts furthers the various virtues that we hold dear in our Society.   Often,... Continue Reading →

Part 1: What is Documentation Anyway?  This is the first in a short series of posts about documentation in the SCA. We in the A&S Ministry, as well as folks in the broader A&S community often speak about documentation.  But, those of you who are newer to the Society or have only just begun a... Continue Reading →