Governance Archaeology

Aashka Tank

29-Sep-2022, 21:00-22:00 (18 months ago)

Abstract: When I began working on the Governance Archaeology database this summer, it was already a copious and insightful repository of historical communities that had effectively designed and implemented collective governance mechanisms and institutions. The focus, moving ahead, was to add more Eastern and tribal communities to enhance the geographic scope of the work. Furthermore, a suggestion at a Stanford conference sparked the idea of adding heterogeneity to the database. This aspect was fascinating from a CGI perspective because several communities had such a rich array of social, economic and ethnic groups, often with conflicting interests, and yet they functioned productively. The challenge here was to capture as much of the complexity of heterogeneity and its impact on institutions while using as few tags as possible to keep the procedure of coding for this simple. Eventually, in addition to the types of heterogeneity, the kind of inclusion of disparate groups and power imbalances were added to the field, which I'll be explaining in more detail in the presentation.

Computer science

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