To research the preservation of culture and sovereignty into a digital space I will be taking a social science approach. I plan on interviewing key actors, including but not limited to: government officials, technological leaders, cultural leaders, everyday residents. I also plan on sitting in on meetings to see how the culture is being digitized and uploaded to the metaverse. I will observe how the community is being engaged. I will collect data through recording meetings and interviews as well as careful note taking. Interviews will be somewhat standardized to gauge community understanding and feelings towards the process of digitization. In addition, I plan to count and categorize the different elements of culture that are being uploaded to the metaverse. This is a comprehensive research project which will cover many different aspects of the digital transformation of Tuvalu.