Rethinking rhizomes in writing about research

Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 87 - 105
Published: Sep 1, 2006
Abstract
In this essay we argue that when university researchers engage the teachers they study as collaborators and coauthors, researchers potentially act in what Deleuze and Guattari (1987) term a rhizomatic manner—that is, one in which authority and power are redistributed and shared, rather than centralized in what they call an arborescent relationship. We argue by analogy, exploring and expanding these metaphors from nature to underscore how binary...
Paper Details
Title
Rethinking rhizomes in writing about research
Published Date
Sep 1, 2006
Volume
42
Issue
2
Pages
87 - 105
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