Enacting hierarchy
Original HRDI thesaurus (excerpt from draft version)
advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution
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activists
aid and relief organizations
archives, libraries, and museums
civil disobedience
community development organizations
community organizing
conferences, meetings, and workshops
conscientious objection
demonstrations
eyewitness documentation
hunger strikes
internet advocacy
legal organizations
memorials and commemoration events
nonviolence
non-governmental organizations
oral history
peace activism
philanthropy
press and media coverage
psychological responses
public policy organizations
self-defense
survivor organizations
technology
video advocacy
armed conflict and persecution
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abductions
apartheid
assaults
attempted killing
boiling alive
bombings
burnings
burying alive
caste system
child soldiers
conflict resolution
corporal punishment
crimes against humanity
death threats
decapitations
demobilization
desertion
disappearances
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displacement
domestic violence
drowning
drugging
electrocutions
extraordinary rendition
epithets
ethnic cleansing
exhumation
extrajudicial executions
feminicide
forced assimilation
foreign combatants
genocide
hangings
harassment and humiliation
hate crimes
home invasions
homicide
honor crimes
infanticide
insurgency
internally displaced persons
intimidation
lethal injections
low-intensity conflict
mass graves
mass killings
militarization
military personnel
military training
militias
minesweeping / demining
mutilation and amputation
nuclear disarmament
paramilitaries
peacebuilding
political prisoners
prisoners of war
private security forces
raids
rape and sexual abuse
refugees
seizure or destruction of property
shootings
solitary confinement
stabbings
stoning
terrorism
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torture
United Nations Peacekeeping
vigilantism
war crimes
weapons
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landmines and unexploded
ordnance
tear gas
weapons of mass destruction
white phosphorus
Enacting hierarchy (and classificatory principles) via categorization by kinds
This transformation adopts standard structuring techniques, which emphasize the logic of descent from broader to
narrower categories (as with biological taxonomies). Instead of primary divisions by theme, which result in hiding
intermediate relationships, the primary divisions are by kind (e,g., people and activities are different kinds of things).
What is different about this version from the flat structure? Does it say different things? How does it say them?
People and groups
Individual roles
Voluntary roles
Activists
Military personnel
Foreign combatants
Involuntary roles
Child soldiers
Prisoners
Prisoners of war
Political prisoners
Refugees
Internally displaced persons
Groups
Armed groups
Insurgent groups
International military groups
United Nations peacekeepers
Private military groups
Militias
Paramilitaries
Private security forces
State-sponsored military groups
Community institutions
Community development organizations
Cultural heritage organizations
Archives
Libraries
Museums
Humanitarian organizations
Aid and relief organizations
Legal organizations
Non-governmental organizations
Public policy organizations
Survivor organizations
Activities
Education
Military training
Forms of aggression
Non-violent aggression
Displacement
Drugging
Forced assimilation
Intimidation
Death threats
Harassment
Humiliation
Seizure and destruction of property
Solitary confinement
Violence
Violence against individuals
Assaults
Abductions
Disappearances
Extraordinary rendition
Corporal punishment
Deadly assaults
Shootings
Stabblngs
Stonings
Sexual assaults
Rape
Domestic violence
Home invasion
Homicides
Boiling alive
Burying alive
Decapitation
Drowning
Electrocution
Hangings
Lethal injection
Torture
Burning
Mutilation and amputation
Violent activities against groups
Bombings
Low-intensity conflicts
Mass killings
Raids
Violent activities against particular groups
Violence against women
Feminicide
Violence against children
Infanticide
Violence against ethnic groups
Ethnic cleansing
Genocide
Forms of resistance
Public activities
Civil disobedience
Conscientious objection
Demonstrations
Desertion
Hunger strikes
Community organizing
Coordination activities
Conferences
Meetings
Workshops
Peace activism
Peaceful dispute resolution
Conflict resolution
Philanthropy
Self-defense
Storytelling
Eyewitness documentation
Internet advocacy
Memorials and commemorations
Oral history
Press and media coverage
Video advocacy
Private activities
Psychological responses
Post-conflict adjustment and repair
Disarmament
Demobilization
Judicial investigation
Exhumation
Physical restoration
Minesweeping
Concepts
Modes of action
Militarization
Peacebuilding
Terrorism
Vigilantism
Codes of conduct
Criminal activities
Crimes against humanity
Hate crimes
Honor crimes
War crimes
Extra-judicial executions
Goals
Political goals
Nuclear disarmament
Infrastructure
Social systems
Apartheid
Caste system
Technology
Objects
Weapons
Non-lethal weapons
Tear gas
Lethal weapons
Explosives
Landmines and unexploded ordinance
Incendiary weapons
White phosporous
Weapons of mass destruction
Places
Mass graves