{"id":11737,"date":"2024-11-21T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/11\/21\/en-philo-igf-day0-2024-riyadh-deleuze-rhizome\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T12:00:00","slug":"en-philo-igf-day0-2024-riyadh-deleuze-rhizome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/11\/21\/en-philo-igf-day0-2024-riyadh-deleuze-rhizome\/","title":{"rendered":"Deleuzian Rhizome on Global IGF 2024 Riyadh \u2014 Rhizome vs. arborescent hierarchy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This essay applies the conceptual framework of the Post-structuralism \/ Philosophy of Difference<\/strong> \u2014 most prominently associated with Gilles Deleuze & F\u00e9lix Guattari<\/strong> \u2014 to re-read the Global IGF 2024 Riyadh conference. Target audience: researchers, doctoral students, policy analysts, and executives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Introduction: The Problem<\/h2>\n

Deleuze & Guattari's rhizome concept in A Thousand Plateaus rethinks organization as multi-directional connections without center or hierarchy. Global IGF's multistakeholder structure experiments with the transition from arborescent to rhizomatic order.<\/p>\n

This essay argues that the multistakeholder process of Global IGF becomes intelligible in its specificity only through the concept of Rhizome vs. arborescent hierarchy<\/strong>, and that the concept itself undergoes transformation under the new material of digital space. Describing this mutual transformation is the task of this essay.<\/p>\n

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The possibility of rhizomatic governance<\/h2>\n

Governments, civil society, technical community, and the private sector intersect at Riyadh arborescently within themselves but rhizomatically in IGF's space. Saudi Arabia's very participation temporarily deterritorializes the arborescent territory of the nation-state.<\/p>\n

Each session's agenda-setting can be read as a contemporary restaging of the Gilles Deleuze & F\u00e9lix Guattari-type problematic.<\/p>\n

The form of the Global IGF stands between the principle of national sovereignty and the logic of a global public realm that transcends it.<\/p>\n

Deterritorialization and reterritorialization<\/h2>\n

Gilles Deleuze & F\u00e9lix Guattari's concepts are not confined to abstract philosophical discussion; they apply to the concrete agenda items debated at the 2024 conference. We examine that application below.<\/p>\n

1. Application to "Day 0\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "Day 0\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8" can be positioned, from the perspective of Gilles Deleuze & F\u00e9lix Guattari's Rhizome vs. arborescent hierarchy<\/strong>, as a central problematic. In Saudi Arabia's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around Day 0\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8 are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

2. Application to "GDC"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "GDC" can be positioned, from the perspective of Gilles Deleuze & F\u00e9lix Guattari's Rhizome vs. arborescent hierarchy<\/strong>, as a derivative problematic. In Saudi Arabia's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around GDC are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

3. Application to "AI"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "AI" can be positioned, from the perspective of Gilles Deleuze & F\u00e9lix Guattari's Rhizome vs. arborescent hierarchy<\/strong>, as a peripheral yet important problematic. In Saudi Arabia's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around AI are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

4. Application to "\u30e6\u30fc\u30b9"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u30e6\u30fc\u30b9" can be positioned, from the perspective of Gilles Deleuze & F\u00e9lix Guattari's Rhizome vs. arborescent hierarchy<\/strong>, as a peripheral yet important problematic. In Saudi Arabia's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u30e6\u30fc\u30b9 are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

5. Application to "\u56fd\u9023\u9023\u643a"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u56fd\u9023\u9023\u643a" can be positioned, from the perspective of Gilles Deleuze & F\u00e9lix Guattari's Rhizome vs. arborescent hierarchy<\/strong>, as a peripheral yet important problematic. In Saudi Arabia's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u56fd\u9023\u9023\u643a are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

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Implications for Executives and Practitioners<\/h2>\n

The philosophical reflection of this essay is not merely academic. The Gilles Deleuze & F\u00e9lix Guattari perspective carries three practical implications for executives operating in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

First, it raises the reflexive question of how the firm's business model connects to the logic of Rhizome vs. arborescent hierarchy<\/strong>. Second, in dialogue with regulators and civil society, it suggests dimensions of consensus formation that purely technical arguments cannot reach. Third, it indicates that the long-term ground of business legitimacy lies not so much in technical advantage or market share as in participation in such philosophical-normative debates.<\/p>\n

Academic Positioning and Future Research<\/h2>\n

The argument of this essay attempts to graft a philosophical perspective onto the mainstream political-science and legal approaches to internet governance research. Three future research questions follow.<\/p>\n

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  1. Verification of the applicability of Gilles Deleuze & F\u00e9lix Guattari's framework to other IGF conferences<\/li>\n
  2. Comparative contrast between Post-structuralism \/ Philosophy of Difference<\/strong> and other theoretical traditions<\/li>\n
  3. Exploration of dialogue possibilities with the indigenous intellectual traditions of Saudi Arabia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In particular, the third point has the potential to liberate IGF research from West-centric debate and open a more multi-layered discursive space.<\/p>\n

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