a mathematical standpoint heterarchy is the more general category and subsumes hierarchy as a special case (von Goldammer et al., 2003). While heterarchy may be modeled mathematically, it need not rely on mathematical or spatial representat…Byrne, D. (1998). Complexity theory and the social sciences: An introduction. London, England: Routledge.
Chapman, R. (2003). Archaeologies of complexity. London, England: Routledge.
Crumley, C. L. (1979). Three locational models: An epis…
David Graeber
anthropologist · 2 mentions across 1 reading
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David Graeber was an anthropologist and anarchist theorist known for his critique of bureaucratic systems and his work on debt, value, and alternative social organization. His anthropological approach to understanding non-hierarchical structures and his concept of heterarchy (organizational systems that resist fixed pyramidal ordering) appear in the course readings as a model for thinking beyond traditional hierarchies in both historical and contemporary systems. Graeber's work enables the seminar to ground discussions of organizational complexity and resistance in ethnographic and anarchist theory, particularly relevant to imagining how AI systems might be structured outside capitalist and bureaucratic logics.
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