"We at Rhizomes oppose the idea that knowledge must grow in a tree structure from previously accepted ideas. New thinking need not follow established patterns. Rhizomes promotes experimental work located outside current disciplines, work that has no proper location. As our name suggests, works written in the spirit of Deleuzian approaches are welcomed but not required. We are not interested in publishing texts that establish their authority merely by affirming what is already believed. Instead, we encourage migrations into new conceptual territories resulting from unpredictable juxtapositions."

A special-issue of Rhizomes, "Cultural Studies in emerging knowledge" is forthcoming, papers are still accepted: "RETRO-FUTURES" (Spring 2004) A special issue on historic utopias, nostalgic speculations, neo-traditions, modern primitives, archaic science fictions, being/becoming, new urbanism, invented traditions, primitivism, futurism, retro fashion, futurology, back to basics, neo-paganism, origin/destiny, simplicity, the classics, the space age, and any other combination of the old and the new is under construction at <a href="http://"www.rhizomes.net">Rhizomes. Testing the boundaries of cutting-edge and the timeless, the newfangled and the obsolete, “Retro-Futures” will peer into the culture and politics of temporality and everyday life." Abstracts by November 15th, 2003. Papers by January 15th, 2004. Send email attachment and/or html/web pages to davinheckman@hotmail.com or to dheckman@reconstruction.ws or see the contact page. via Anthro-L

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