THE SIGNALRUPTURE CODEX: A Field‑Level Archive of Infrastructural Harm, Systemic Erosion, and Modern Systems Theory

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Abstract

The SignalRupture Codex is the archival spine of a discipline dedicated to the study of infrastructural harm, systemic erosion, exposure events, and the governance structures that shape modern life. The Codex consolidates a DOI‑anchored body of work that maps the architectures producing harm, drift, suppression, containment, cognitive manipulation, administrative injury, and epistemic collapse. It establishes SignalRupture as a diagnostic field grounded in the principle that research is better than belief. The Codex integrates thirteen structural layers: field declaration, provenance and forensic authorship, vocabulary formation, core theories, cognitive manipulation, containment architecture, administrative and workplace infrastructure, biological and physiological harm, information warfare, AI as infrastructure, geopolitical systems, the lineage map, and the disciplinary conclusion. Each layer contains the essays, DOIs, and theoretical frameworks that define the field’s conceptual and infrastructural identity. Designed as a unified research archive, the Codex provides a stable vocabulary, a theoretical spine, and a complete genealogy of the field’s development. It serves as a reference framework for researchers examining modern systems, infrastructural violence, digital governance, psychological manipulation, and the evolution of interpretive tools in the post–open web era. The Codex is not a collection of essays; it is the structural articulation of a discipline. For more information visit: https://medium.com/@SignalRupture26 https://substack.com/@signalrupture

Fields of Study & Subjects

Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice Foucault Power and Ethics

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Journal / source
OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
Publication date
1 January 2026
Document type
Preprint