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…As Scott (1987, 1999, 2012) demonstrates in his analysis of progress—and simplification-driven goals of the state, governing elites devalue local knowledge and undermine individuals’ capacities for self-governance. This hyper-hierarchical, …Milledge Nelson, S. (Ed.) (2006). Handbook of gender in archaeology. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press.
Minsky, M., & Papert, S. (1972). Artificial intelligence progress report (AI Memo 252). Cambridge, MA: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.…
James C. Scott
anthropologist · 3 mentions across 1 reading
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James C. Scott is an anthropologist and political theorist known for critiques of state-driven modernization and the erasure of local knowledge systems through top-down planning. His work appears in the course readings as a counterpoint to technocratic simplification, particularly in arguments about how governing elites' preference for legible, hierarchical systems undermines distributed knowledge and self-governance—tensions central to understanding how AI and cybernetic systems replicate or resist these historical patterns of control.
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