The activities undertaken by RHIZOME are to prevent the emergence of a research gap regarding the aforementioned area of ​​culture as well as the promotion of artistic, social and ethical aspects of participatory creative activities. The way RHIZOME operates is based on the principle of cooperation and exchange with centers dealing with similar issues in Poland and abroad.

In the sphere of ideas, RHIZOME refers to the concept of rhizome ( rhizome ) proposed by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari in Mille plateaux. Capitalisme et schizophrénie (1980). The French authors compare to the rhizome the ways in which modern philosophical, political and cultural thought works. Used as a symbolic image of the specifics of participatory art and participatory design, the structure of the rhizome is intended to indicate a characteristic departure from the hierarchical understanding of both the roles of the creator / designer and forms of artistic / design production for the orientation of inclusive and networking cooperation of many participants of social life .

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