QAnon’s support of Trump is not simply literal and tactical, but conceptual and strategic. More than lionising Trump in its conspiracy narrative, the social, cultural, and political polarization that QAnon creates, ultimately works in his f…[^39]: See also: SUTTON-SMITH, B.: The Ambiguity of Play. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1997.
[^40]: SCHECHNER, R.: The Future of Ritual: Writings on Culture and Performance. London, New York, NY : Routledge, 1993, p. 38.
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Kaitlyn Daly
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Based on these excerpts, Kaitlyn Daly appears to work on conspiracy theories and digital culture, particularly examining how QAnon functions as a coordinated narrative system that weaponizes social polarization. The course readings invoke her work to understand how online communities construct strategic consensus through play-like engagement mechanics, positioning conspiracy narratives as performative systems rather than purely informational ones. This matters for "Pandaemonium Architecture" because it reveals how networked AI-adjacent systems (algorithmic amplification, participatory platforms) can be reverse-engineered by distributed communities to produce ideological coherence and political effect.
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