{"id":8739,"date":"2012-09-03T22:23:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T20:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/?p=8739"},"modified":"2022-12-30T16:24:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T15:24:29","slug":"the-power-of-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/the-power-of-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new video from the lovely RSA Animate team, this time on the Power of Networks.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJmGrNdJ5Gw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Introduced me to the concept of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rhizome_%28philosophy%29\">Rhizome<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Gilles Deleuze and F\u00e9lix Guattari use the term &#8220;rhizome&#8221; and &#8220;rhizomatic&#8221; to describe theory and research that allows for multiple, non-hierarchical entry and exit points in data representation and interpretation. In A Thousand Plateaus, they oppose it to an arborescent conception of knowledge, which works with dualist categories and binary choices. A rhizome works with planar and trans-species connections, while an arborescent model works with vertical and linear connections. Their use of the &#8220;orchid and the wasp&#8221; is taken from the biological concept of mutualism, in which two different species interact together to form a multiplicity (i.e. a unity that is multiple in itself). Horizontal gene transfer would also be a good illustration.<\/p>\n<p>As a model for culture, the rhizome resists the organizational structure of the root-tree system which charts causality along chronological lines and looks for the original source of &#8220;things&#8221; and looks towards the pinnacle or conclusion of those &#8220;things.&#8221; A rhizome, on the other hand, is characterized by &#8220;ceaselessly established connections between semiotic chains, organizations of power, and circumstances relative to the arts, sciences, and social struggles.&#8221; The rhizome presents history and culture as a map or wide array of attractions and influences with no specific origin or genesis, for a &#8220;rhizome has no beginning or end; it is always in the middle, between things, interbeing, intermezzo.&#8221; The planar movement of the rhizome resists chronology and organization, instead favoring a nomadic system of growth and propagation. In this model, culture spreads like the surface of a body of water, spreading towards available spaces or trickling downwards towards new spaces through fissures and gaps, eroding what is in its way. The surface can be interrupted and moved, but these disturbances leave no trace, as the water is charged with pressure and potential to always seek its equilibrium, and thereby establish smooth space. &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rhizome_%28philosophy%29\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new video from the lovely RSA Animate team, this time on the Power of Networks. Introduced me to the concept of &#8220;Rhizome&#8220;: Gilles Deleuze and F\u00e9lix Guattari use the term &#8220;rhizome&#8221; and &#8220;rhizomatic&#8221; to describe theory and research that allows for multiple, non-hierarchical entry and exit points in data representation and interpretation. In A &#8230; <a title=\"The Power of Networks\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/the-power-of-networks\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Power of Networks\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27,29,14,17,19,22],"tags":[176,300,296,183],"class_list":["post-8739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anthropology","category-audio-and-podcasts","category-philosophy","category-science","category-sociology-social-sciences","category-tech-internet","tag-networks","tag-processed","tag-published","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prY0k-2gX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15808,"url":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/clay-shirky-on-culture-cones\/","url_meta":{"origin":8739,"position":0},"title":"Clay Shirky on Culture Cones","author":"Limbic","date":"February 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Last month (January 2014) Clay Shirky gave a talk at Microsoft (50mins with Q&A). 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