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Meshwork - a scientific definition

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A Meshwork is a term taken from the brain sciences. It describes how the brain creates a mind and a mind creates a brain. It was used by Manuel Delanda in an article entitled "Homes: Meshwork or Hierarchy" published in Mediamatic in 1995. Drawing on non-linear dynamics, Delanda compares meshworks to hierarchies this way:"Hierarchies are structures in which components have been sorted out into homogenous groups, then articulated together. Meshworks, on the other hand, articulate heterogenous components as such, without homogenizing." Delanda goes on to expound on his use of the term "meshwork" as he applies it to human societies in his books "A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History" and "A New Philosophy of Society".

Inspired by Delanda's propositions that homes and societies operate as meshworks, Hamilton has written about meshworks as an explanation for the emergence of communities and cities. In this context, she described her use of the terms "meshworks", "meshworkers" and "meshworking", in a paper Meshworking Integral Intelligences for Resilient Environments: Enabling Order and Creativity in the Hu presented at the "Enacting an Integral Future" Conference at John F Kennedy University in 2010. She explains the derivation of the term "meshworks" from the brain sciences and refers also to the work of Don Beck, (co-author of "Spiral Dynamics") who has developed an organizational theory of structures to describe meshworks.

However, Hamilton's use of the term "meshworks" draws heavily on Delanda's descriptions of the co-existing structuring and self-organizing creative/innovative capacities of the brain as an analog and explanation for the developmental path of cities. A summary of her studies and research is published in her book "Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human Hive."

References:

Beck, D., & Cowan, C. (1996). Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership and Change. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers. De Landa, M. (1995). Homes: Meshwork or Hierarchy? http://www.mediamatic.net/article-200.5956.html Special: Home issue. Retrieved January 23, 2011. De Landa, M. (1997). A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History. New York: Zone Books. De Landa, M. (2006). A New Philosophy of Society: Assemblage Theory and Social Complexity. London: Continuum. Hamilton, M. (2008). Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human Hive. Gabriola Island BC: New Society Publishers.

Marilyn Hamilton 20:45, 23 January 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marilyn Hamilton (talk • contribs)

^I came to wikipedia looking for this definition. Could someone more knowledgeable create a separate entry for it and set up the disambiguation thingy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.30.246.67 (talk) 18:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Meshwork (disambiguation)

[[1]] is the name of an album by German band X Marks the Pedwalk

[[2]]is a term used to describe the self-organizing structures of brain-based systems — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marilyn Hamilton (talk • contribs) 00:50, 26 February 2011 (UTC)