Comments on Jeff Vail - Litigation Strategy & Innovation: What is Rhizome?

Jeff- This is a very interesting post. Have you r...

2010-02-01T07:41:13.262-07:00

Jeff-

This is a very interesting post. Have you read any of Manual Delanda's work as it relates to D&G? I've been looking for an entry point to engage these concepts as they relate to climate change and energy, but I have not been successful. On the other hand, Tainter's writing on hierarchies and "supply-side sustainability" is very interesting but difficult for me to understand. He does not talk about meshworks at all. Have you looked at his work? I look forward to more of your posts here and on PO forums. -Mark

Nice website and great posts on the PO forums! I...

2010-01-31T14:22:23.097-07:00

Nice website and great posts on the PO forums!

I've read quite a bit of Manual Delanda's writings on D&G and most recently Joseph Tainter's writings on hierarchies and sustainability. Though I'm not sure that Delanda has paid much attention to energy and environmental issues, I believe he has some invaluable contributions to conversation of meshworks and the like. I've been looking for an entry point into Tainter's writings where D&G might interface, but have had no luck. His concepts are pretty dense. Whereas with Delanda and Deleuze, I've (except for your post) found very little attempts to link his ideas to the concept of "sustainability" Are you familiar with Tainter or Delanda's writings to the concept of hierarchies/meshworks? -Mark

cool, new format looking forward to the monday upd...

2008-01-29T11:32:00.000-07:00

cool, new format looking forward to the monday updates.

Ted

I haven't read "A Basic Call to Consciousness," bu...

2008-01-29T07:44:00.000-07:00

I haven't read "A Basic Call to Consciousness," but I've already added it to my (much too long) reading list. Any time notions of local autonomy can be placed in a historical context where the actors are consciously framing the issues in those terms, or similar, there seem to be valuable insights.

As for that reading list, I'm currently working through a fascinating book on Ando Shoeki (recommended in a recent comment), about autonomy and decentralization in feudal Japan. Should be a post derived from that in the near future...

Have you ever read "A Basic Call to Consciousness"...

2008-01-28T11:38:00.000-07:00

Have you ever read "A Basic Call to Consciousness" written by memebers of the Iroquois federation? I'm not sure about the various editions, but the one I finished reading recently included several papers presented to the UN in 1977, as well as other notes/essays. I found many of the issues addressed there similar to those that you address, though they were written 30 years ago. In particular their views on colonialization vs. local autonomy, and why apparently getting rid of external colonial power does not fix the problems. They also speak of 'liberation technology' which I believe I've seen you comment on using different terminology.

I look forward to the more frequent posts, Jeff.

2008-01-27T20:38:00.000-07:00

I look forward to the more frequent posts, Jeff.

You may have noticed that I'm re-launching this bl...

2008-01-27T14:34:00.000-07:00

You may have noticed that I'm re-launching this blog with a slightly different format. The name hopefully will reflect a renewed focus on what I think is my original contribution here--viewing everything from Peak Oil and geopolitics to economics and philosophy within the systems-thinking framework of "hierarchy vs. rhizome." Aside from this focus, you'll also notice a renewed commitment to publish original content every Monday morning. Hopefully the new format will better serve both readers interests and my goals, but suggestions are always welcome as this will always be a dynamic process. Thanks,

~Jeff Vail