Field II · Foundational field

Power

Power is not possessed in isolation. It is produced through relationships.

We examine how authority is acquired, exercised, concealed and resisted across states, markets, institutions, political formations, communities and technological systems.

A strategic chamber mapping the relationships between geography, infrastructure and power — Field II / Power

TERRITORY OF ENQUIRY

The field does not end at the discipline.

01Statecraft02Sovereignty03Political economy04Institutions05Elite formation06Coalitions07Legitimacy08Influence

CONSTITUTIVE TENSIONS

The order becomes visible at the point of contradiction.

Authority

Consent

Order

Freedom

Centre

Periphery

Elite

Public

GOVERNING QUESTIONS

Q/01

Where does formal authority diverge from actual control?

Q/02

How do coalitions survive after the condition that created them disappears?

Q/03

What converts economic capability into political power?

Q/04

How do technologies redistribute the capacity to observe, decide and compel?

MODES OF EXAMINATION

No single method is permitted to impersonate the whole.

01Power mapping
02Political economy
03Network analysis
04Institutional analysis
05Scenario construction

Power

The field does not end at the discipline.

The order becomes visible at the point of contradiction.

Power is not possessed in isolation. It is produced through relationships.

No single method is permitted to impersonate the whole.

Knowledge

Law

Violence