“…A rhizome can break at any point and still keep growing (Deleuze & Guattari, 1979). In IS, a rhizome has been used sporadically as a metaphor for diverse concepts, including networks (Atkinson & Brooks, 2005;Gachet & Brézillon, 2005), decision processes (Humphreys, 2021;Nolas, 2008), assemblage (Leclercq-Vandelannoitte et al, 2014;Sesay et al, 2016), discourse (Iivari et al, 2017), and transformation (Márton, 2021). We use the rhizome metaphor to describe the interplay of different research approaches on digital platforms as a complex phenomenon that is subject to lexical fragmentation and lacking distinguishable hierarchies.…”