The term rhizome comes originally from botany, meaning ‘scion that lies underground’. The origin of the word is derives from Grecian rhizoma which means rooted.
Plants such as bad weeds are likely to build rhizomes; these roots are hard to curtail but spawn very easily. No matter where you cut them off, they reappear elsewhere. Every part of a rhizome web is viable for itself and i can train a new plant above the earth. Underground, the mesh can extend invisibly much further than one might guess at first.
The rhizome is a centerless network in which every point is equal. This includes our understanding of a horizontal idea of solidarity.
When the rhizome is cut, it is still viable. The metaphor of the rhizome symbolizes the own viability of every struggle in different countries. Even when battles take place independently, we are connected.
The invisible networking of struggles through common references, shared utopias and values is represented by the rhizome network very well in our eyes. The connection between our struggles may not be visible at first glance, on closer inspection, the themes of patriarchy, capitalism and nation state, however, connects us all in different degrees.
Like a rhizome, we want to build a network between different struggles, especially with the focus on the South Caucasus: Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Like a rhizome, we want to help to connect every part of our struggles.