There is considerable evidence for heterarchical social and political formations in the past. The archaeological record records many forms of social power (Angelbeck and Grier, 2012; Chapman, 2003; Crumley, 2003; Ehrenreich et al., 1995; Ko…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, …
Wynne-Jones
archaeologist · 2 mentions across 1 reading
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Wynne-Jones appears in the course readings as a scholar of archaeological heterarchy, cited alongside Crumley and others for evidencing non-hierarchical social formations in the archaeological record. Their work anchors the course's critical examination of how complexity and power organization can function without centralized control—a concept crucial to understanding alternatives to the state-rationality models that the readings (particularly Scott) critique. This archaeological grounding helps the seminar position distributed, non-hierarchical systems as historically viable, not merely theoretical, laying groundwork for thinking about decentralized technological and social architectures.
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