Rhizome Association is a registered (loi 1901) association in France with operations in Europe and beyond. Founded by Tamara Milosevic and Omar Awile, it is governed by its statutes and run by an awesome team singlemindedly pursuing our vision of future education, based on active learning, skills development and interdisciplinary projects in science, arts and civic engagement.

The goal of Rhizome Association is to develop and implement educational programs and interdisciplinary projects, the first ones being focused on interdisciplinary life sciences.

Why Rhizome? Rhizome is a biological term for an underground part of some plants. It’s not a root, but a modified nodular stem. Each nodule has a capacity to shoot out a new plant, once it becomes large enough.

Rhizome is also a philosophical concept developed by Deleuze and Guattari. It describes an organization or a process that ‘ceaselessly establishes connections between semiotic chains, organizations of power, and circumstances relative to the arts, sciences, and social struggles.’

Both concepts reflect our approach – organic growth focusing on quality and establishing strong connections.

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Rhizome Association je udruga registrirana u Francuskoj (association loi 1901) koja djeluje u Europi i šire. Utemeljena od strane Tamare Milošević i Omara Awile, djeluje prema svojem statutu i pod vodstvom fenomenalnog tima koji provodi viziju obrazovanja za budućnost, temeljenom na aktivnom učenju, razvoju vještina i interdisciplinarnim projektima u znanosti, umjetnosti i građanskom angažmanu.

Cilj Rhizome Association je razviti i provoditi obrazovne programe i interdisciplinarne projekte, počevši s projektima fokusiranima na interdisciplinarnu biologiju.

Zašto Rhizome? Rizom je biološki pojam za podzemni dio nekih biljaka. Rizom nije korijen nego modificirana gomoljasta stabljika. Svaki gomolj ima kapacitet da izraste u novu biljku, kad dovoljno naraste.

Rizom je također i filozofski pojam kojeg su razvili Deleuze i Guattari. Opisuje organizaciju ili proces koji ‘neprestano uspostavlja veze između semiotičkih lanaca, organizacija moći i okolnosti koje se odnose na umjetnost, znanost i društvene borbe.’

Oba koncepta odražavaju naš pristup - organski rast usmjeren na kvalitetu i uspostavljanje snažnih veza.