ABSTRACT
Rhizomatic thought is one means for circumventing dichotomous thinking. As conceptualized by Deleuze and Guattari (1987), we can use the rhizome as a metaphor to describe the assemblages of entities in a nonhierarchical, noncategorical way. Rhizomes are a type of root structure that expands horizontally underground. As Kai. Erikson notes, the image of the rhizome is a key point in Deleuzian philosophy. Assemblages are emergent, non-linear, fractal-random processes, self-similar at different scales, and dynamically complex. Interpretivism invites us to engage in categorization and interrogation of meaning-making activities. Deleuze and Guattari's prioritization of difference and becoming over identity and being has serious implications for the social sciences and humanities. In the arbitrary division of scholarly practice, many academic departments within universities in the United States became siloed into allowable realms of research. The notion of entanglement is a radical departure from the assumptions of classical physics, which argues that two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time.
