In the 1990s Knowledge Management originated as a post-Fordist, information society, discourse that stressed the socio-technical ‘capture’ and distribution of knowledge as a sharable, information resource. Following a postindustrial model, the information/knowledge economy was seen as the leading productive sector. Today’s networked systems mix information processing and 1 The article is an exp...

In this article, I aim to detail the legal historical influences at work on behalf of the State's authority to establish, revise,anddisestablish schools anddistricts within its jurisidiction. Local outcriesagainstconsolidation comprisea largepartof thedetail recounted here,but theacts of legislaturesand thejudgments of thecourts have clearly tended to legitimate the State's authority. Occasiona...

In this final instalment of our special series, we introduce two articles that explore how historical archaeologists co-construct and expand discourse around post-industrial places. Zada Komara’s r...