After studying politics to a post-graduate level and working as a consultant to political parties in New Zealand and overseas,  I was approached by Amsterdam-based designer Rafe Copeland to contribute to a book he was putting together.

 

In Rafe's own words, "DIASPAR is forty-five reactions to randomness generated by internationally recognised experts from dozens of different fields. These articles overlap each other in complex ways, drawing lines of connection that crosshatch into a map which must be navigated as a labyrinth. It slowly explains itself as you travel through it, but there is no end (or beginning).

 

Rafe asked me to make a contribution based upon my knowledge of politics and history. My piece - entitled 'Fortuitious Resultants' - explored the role of randomness played in the works of a well-known New Zealand political economist, Doctor Sutch. I had previously explored Sutch's works during post-graduate research and was keen to explore how I imagined the late Doctor would engage with DIASPAR's key themes.