Disciplines as Hierarchical or Horizontal knowledge structures and Hierarchical or Horizontal knower structures Maton 2007, 2009) Maton takes the conceptualisation of different kinds of knowledge structures a step further claims to knowledge are not just of the world, they are also made by authors for every knowledge structure there is also a knower structure Just as we can speak of disciplines as representing hierarchical or horizontal knowledge structures. so we can also consider them as hierarchical or horizontal knower structures Science can be characterized as a horizontal knower structure, in which knowers are segmented by specialized modes of acting and where the social profile of the scientist is irrelevant for scientific insight, while the humanities can be seen as a hierarchical knower structure where knowers are integrated hierarchically in the construction of an ideal knowerDisciplines as Hierarchical or Horizontal knowledge structures and Hierarchical or Horizontal knower structures(Maton 2007, 2009) Maton takes the conceptualisation of different kinds of knowledge structures a step further. ‘claims to knowledge are not just of the world, they are also made by authors’ 'for every knowledge structure there is also a knower structure’ Just as we can speak of disciplines as representing hierarchical or horizontal knowledge structures, so we can also consider them as hierarchical or horizontal knower structures. Science can be characterized as a horizontal knower structure, in which knowers are segmented by specialized modes of acting, and where the social profile of the scientist is irrelevant for scientific insight, while the humanities can be seen as a hierarchical knower structure where knowers are integrated hierarchically in the construction of an ideal knower