Ref ID:	37893
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Dougald O’Reilly
Title:	“Please Don’t Dominate the Rap, Jack”: Heterarchy and the Grateful Dead
Date:	2023
Source:	Grateful Dead Studies
Abstract:	He states: "Heterarchy offers scholars and business theorists a lens to better understand the guiding principles that the Dead espoused and sought to implement during their thirty-year career. Far from being an anarchic or chaotic bohemian enterprise, as detractors often alleged, the Dead were in fact focused on their mission and exhibited remarkable stability and commitment to those ideals, often in the face of challenges that terminate other bands and businesses. That success alone requires a more nuanced understanding of the band’s inner workings, which heterarchical theory provides." For archaeologists, the article provides a sense of how a successful heterarchical system functioned in 'real life' from a social unit dedicated to heterarchical structures, even if not stated in such terms by the group
Volume:	6
Page Start:	56
Page End:	84