The conversion of learning and capability into institutionally approved signs of legitimacy.
Verb / doing: credentialing; certifying; screening; excluding
How?: How are we credentialing, certifying, screening, and excluding—and what can those acts not see?
Form: Force
Stage: Seed
Being
Certifying, ranking, screening, legitimizing.
Belonging
Entering institutions through approved qualifications.
Becoming
Accumulating recognized signs of competence.
Begetting
Access, exclusion, hierarchy, entitlement.