Who holds power?
Locate authority and the people who exercise it.
A living archive of history & power
How do societies create, exercise, and challenge power?
A comparative inquiry into the institutions, ideas and acts of resistance through which civilisations organise power.
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The Inquirer framework
Four questions. Five ways to read power.
How is it legitimised?
Test the ideas, laws and rituals that make rule seem legitimate.
Who is excluded?
Find whose voice, status or experience is placed outside the system.
How is it challenged?
Trace dissent, adaptation and the remaking of authority.
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Episode I · Political power
The birth of organized authority: Podcast 1- The birth of organized authority
Discover and learn about the foundational core of human civilisation. Engage within a journey which traces back to over five millennia and yet whose legacy remains highly influential on our daily lives!
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History changes when the vantage point does.
Voices of the Freedom Struggle
How did everyday resistance become a national movement?
Nile of Empires
How did colonial trade change authority along the Nile?
From Independence to Influence
How did foreign intervention and internal struggle shape Mexico’s early republic?