Tag Archives: Guattari

Deleuzian Plateaus

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Tom Hewitt

When trying to visually represent Deleuze and Guattari’s plateaus it is necessary to choose a metaphor wisely.  They say, “We call a ‘plateau’ any multiplicity connected to other multiplicities by superficial underground stems in such a way as to form … Continue reading →

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A rhizomatic text

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Tom Hewitt

I am at a junction in the preparation of my written thesis.  One road leads to a “standard” scientistic piece of work and the other to a rhizomatic text.  All of the writing advice counsels taking the first road, while … Continue reading →

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Research Review February 2017 – In Media Res

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Tom Hewitt

It is three years since I submitted my research proposal to the CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership.  The proposal was (and is) titled: Cyborg Music: A Future Musicotechnographic Aesthetic.  The research question it introduced was: Will current and future developments in … Continue reading →

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Art Encounters Deleuze and Guattari – Simon O’Sullivan

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Tom Hewitt

Just before Christmas, Serendipity crossed my path, shook me by the hand and said, “Have one on me!”  I had chanced upon a tweet from someone in my Doctoral Training Partnership alerting me to a too-good-to-be-true offer from the academic … Continue reading →

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(Probably not) the introduction to my thesis

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Tom Hewitt

The rhizome is an antigenealogy (Deleuze and Guattari 2004: 23).  This thesis is rhizomatic.  It can be read genealogically, but that would be to miss the point.  When we write of hypotheses, methodologies, conclusions and bibliographies, such writing sometimes resembles … Continue reading →

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Jazz Improvisation, Agency and Freedom: Between the Human and Inhuman Lies the Assemblage

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Tom Hewitt

This is the title for a panel session to be given at New Frontiers, the 11th Annual Joint Conference of The Society for European Philosophy and the Forum for European Philosophy at the University of Dundee between 3 and 5 September 2015 … Continue reading →

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A Rhizomatic Approach to a PowerPoint Presentation

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Tom Hewitt

Today I am trying to get a PowerPoint presentation together for an upcoming conference.  The material is complex and I may not be able to do it all justice in the timescale available (or the allotted time for the presentation, … Continue reading →

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