{"id":597,"date":"2025-10-21T09:21:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T06:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhizoeduscapes.gdia.uth.gr\/?page_id=597"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:21:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T06:21:22","slug":"the-rhizome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rhizoeduscapes.gdia.uth.gr\/en\/the-rhizome\/","title":{"rendered":"The rhizome"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_9b43e059 height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><h1 class=\"w-post-elm post_title us_custom_6df4bc3a has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\">The rhizome<\/h1><div class=\"w-hwrapper us_custom_01a02264 valign_middle align_none\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Rhizome: an introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A rhizome is a philosophical term introduced by G. Deleuze and F. Guattari in their work A Thousand Plateaus, a multifaceted text, in which every word and every meaning deconstructs any sense of certainty. To quote Deleuze and Guattari: it \u2018deterritorializes\u2019 it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, what is a rhizome?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Botany, a rhizome is a horizontal (or vertical) stem system that lives and moves through soil. The rhizome\u2019s movement doesn\u2019t follow any particular line and it doesn\u2019t have a particular destination. Its stems are composed of appendage stems that escape from it, mapping their own path. Therefore, the rhizome is open to new possibilities, new territories. It is not bound to any plant or tree but has a life of its own.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, in Deleuze and Guattari\u2019s work, a rhizome is approached as a non-hierarchical system that has no center, consists of lines, and is always in the middle. It doesn\u2019t have a beginning or an end but is read as a map in which every point can possibly be connected with any other, either homogeneous or heterogeneous, in an unpredictable way (Kitsiou, 2024, p.3).<br \/>\nThe concept of the rhizome, as a network of multiplicities, contrasts with the<br \/>\narborescent hierarchical structure based on linearity and duality. The rhizome can be broken down or interrupted at any point but it will continue its trajectory following a different line. The rhizome\u2019s system cannot be destabilized by one single rupture.<\/p>\n<p>According to Deleuze and Guattari, instead of trying to confine people to something that is easily measurable, we should \u2018embrace\u2019 them inside their chaos, in order that they can \u2018embrace\u2019 those possibilities of theirs that allow them to be human.<br \/>\nIn Rhizo-Eduscapes project the concept of the rhizome is utilized in order to give visibility to everyone\u2019s trajectories, embracing divergence, while promoting literacies that will produce a desire for learning, both to educators and students, thus mapping new lines of thinking. Through an intercultural perspective, and deeply inspired by sociolinguistic justice, we aim to cultivate a rhizomatic hope that will motivate individuals to unfold their abilities, while mapping their own lines of flight. Our goal is to re-territorialize our sociological and sociolinguistic imagination towards a flight into a culturally sensitive, linguistically and spatially just language education (Kitsiou,<br \/>\n2024).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_center\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"875\" src=\"https:\/\/rhizoeduscapes.gdia.uth.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rizoma.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhizoeduscapes.gdia.uth.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rizoma.png 1200w, https:\/\/rhizoeduscapes.gdia.uth.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rizoma-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/rhizoeduscapes.gdia.uth.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rizoma-1024x747.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-text us_custom_1b04de86\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Image source: Kevin Murray &amp; Katerina Gloushenkova, Heft, n.d. 3<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rhizomeRhizome: an introduction A rhizome is a philosophical term introduced by G. Deleuze and F. Guattari in their work A Thousand Plateaus, a multifaceted text, in which every word and every meaning deconstructs any sense of certainty. To quote Deleuze and Guattari: it \u2018deterritorializes\u2019 it. So, what is a rhizome? 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