non-hierarchical
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Vicky Aspinall, the band’s first violinist, notes, “The real feminist aspect of the group was that it was non-hierarchical, the fact that we were collaborative and didn’t have a leader.”
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
But in working with fellow Native and Indigenous artists and cultural producers, Garcia started to see the ways in which a non-hierarchical group could make an impact across the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
The company is famously decentralized and non-hierarchical, and it can sometimes seem like every single engineer on staff is given the green light to ship whatever they made that week.
From The Verge ● May 11, 2022
She prefers the term “listening with” rather than listening to — a non-hierarchical way of framing humans’ coexistence with the sonic environments all around them.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
Its shape — a Greek cross that is symmetrical on all four sides — lends itself to a non-hierarchical exhibition space essential to the philosophy behind “Futures.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2021
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