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Emergence, Coherence, and Narrative

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Coherence in the Midst of Complexity

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The Tripod case narrates complexity and difference. The story of the tag line reveals multiplicity in community and analysis. There were multiple emergences: of internet tools, of communities, of profitability, of interpretation. Some of these emergences seem to have been unsustainable, conflict ridden, and perhaps even (self-)destructive. The indeterminacy of emergence’s multiplicity was evident.

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© 2011 Hugo Letiche, Michael Lissack, and Ron Schultz

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Letiche, H., Lissack, M., Schultz, R. (2011). Emergence, Coherence, and Narrative. In: Coherence in the Midst of Complexity. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137001801_7

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