Priests and Programmers: Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali
J. Stephen Lansing — Priests and Programmers: Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali (1991)J. Stephen Lansing · 1991 · Book · Publisher's description (2007 edition)EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0618 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Seeing like a state (legibility and high modernism) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Lansing argued that a network of Balinese water temples managed the flow of irrigation water across whole watersheds, and that temple rituals were not a mere reflection of practical constraints but a basic ingredient in the organisation of rice production.”
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