Ijuurikin

Ijuurikin is a fictional concept used in speculative fiction and design discourse to explore the intersection of personal agency, digital identity, and communal governance. The term is presented as a neologism created for narrative or design discussions and has no universally accepted definition outside particular works or communities that use it. In practical terms, ijurikin denotes a framework in which individuals negotiate access to personal data through context-aware consent mechanisms embedded in everyday digital interactions.

In narrative uses, ijurikin often appears as a governance or identity-management system within future societies, where citizens' digital footprints are managed via programmable agreements rather than centralized authorities. Proponents describe its function as supporting privacy, transparency, and trust by enabling granular data sharing that aligns with social context and consent. Critics, however, warn that such systems could concentrate power or enable surveillance if safeguards and interoperability standards are weak or absent. Because the term is fictional or used in limited contexts, terminology and implementations vary between works.

See also self-sovereign identity, data sovereignty, privacy by design, digital ethics.