Good stuff as always! I was left wondering about authority based on competence as a type of power. Unlike other types, its exercise generally doesn’t depend on an implicit threat of injury. So would its visual projection need to be different?
Interesting speculation Steve. I struggled with that too. I think it depends on the context and where the competence lies. If it’s intellectual competence in a work environment, its projection might be subtle. If it’s physical competence in a battle, the projection would be more overt and threatening, right?
I’m not sure. The more I look at the idea of “power,” and how representing it symbolically can reinforce, reinterpret or diminish it, the more perplexed I get about what it really is in the first place!
Good stuff as always! I was left wondering about authority based on competence as a type of power. Unlike other types, its exercise generally doesn’t depend on an implicit threat of injury. So would its visual projection need to be different?
Interesting speculation Steve. I struggled with that too. I think it depends on the context and where the competence lies. If it’s intellectual competence in a work environment, its projection might be subtle. If it’s physical competence in a battle, the projection would be more overt and threatening, right?
I’m not sure. The more I look at the idea of “power,” and how representing it symbolically can reinforce, reinterpret or diminish it, the more perplexed I get about what it really is in the first place!