A-R-R-A FRAMEWORK (2012–2026)
Art → Right → Respect → Alignment
A human-centric framework for interpreting expression under disagreement. It preserves dignity, formalizes root recognition, and guides ethical response through alignment-operationalized via appreciation or association.
FRAMEWORK
A sequence that prevents premature judgment
A-R-R-A requires that dignity and root recognition precede alignment decisions. The goal is not forced harmony, but ethical response without dehumanization.
1) Art
Any conscious human expression or practice-creative, scientific, athletic, civic, relational, and even harmful. Expression is the starting datum, not a verdict.
2) Right
A baseline of dignity: the right to exist, learn, and practice without erasure or dehumanization. Right does not imply endorsement.
3) Respect
Respect is root recognition: disciplined inquiry into causes, conditions, histories, and formative contexts. Understanding precedes response.
4) Alignment
Ethical response and boundary-setting. Alignment is operationalized through appreciation or association-support, conditional engagement, distance, or resistance.
ALIGNMENT AS A SPECTRUM
- • Full Alignment - appreciation, collaboration, amplification
- • Conditional Alignment - engagement with boundaries
- • Limited Alignment - observation without reinforcement
- • Non-Alignment - respectful distance
- • Counter-Alignment - resistance to harmful expression (without erasure)
PAPER
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A-R-R-A Framework (2012–2026)
Art → Right → Respect → Alignment (via Appreciation or Association)
© Hasitha Jayathilaka, 2012–2026 • CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
WHAT THIS PAPER DOES
- • Defines each stage precisely
- • Formalizes Respect as root recognition
- • Introduces Alignment as governance/response
- • Provides the alignment spectrum
SYMBOL & SEMIOTICS
On origin, recognition, and lineage
The A-R-R-A mark is intentionally reduced: a bounded field with a central point. It anchors the framework’s logic-expression is acknowledged, dignity is preserved, roots are understood, and ethical alignment is chosen.
Red is used sparingly as a marker of lineage: embodied knowledge, ancestral continuity, and practice-based transmission across generations.
AUTHOR
About Hasitha Jayathilaka
Work at the intersection of cultural memory, trust infrastructure, and applied ethics.
Hasitha Jayathilaka
Founder · Researcher · Systems Thinker
I build systems and narratives that help institutions preserve cultural memory, reduce distortion, and make ethical decisions under complexity.
The Archivist is an immersive cultural-tech project exploring historically grounded education through world-building and experience design. Visit thearchivistgame.art.
Linseed is an infrastructure initiative focused on attribution, provenance, and verification-designed to support high-trust collaboration and knowledge integrity.
CONTACT
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If you’re referencing the framework for research, policy, education, or implementation, you can contact me here-or email hasitha@theroifirm.com.