# Symbolic Administration **Domain:** Governance / Gamification **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Symbolic administration** is the exercise of real classificatory, representational, and adjudicative power through a bounded symbolic arena. It includes eligibility, identity, ranking, sanction, exclusion, and appeal. ## Significance The term is the article's governing coinage and extends the tournament hub from sport to comparable administrative enclosures. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://olympics.com/ioc/olympic-charter) ## Routes [[wiki/Tournament as a Symbolic Administration Layer|Tournament as a Symbolic Administration Layer]] · [[wiki/Lex Sportiva|Lex Sportiva]] · [[wiki/Global Administrative Law|Global Administrative Law]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]