La Teoría del Rizoma y la clasificación de documentos abiertos y plurales

Abstract

The Rhizome Theory proposed by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari is analyzed to identify conceptual ele ments that allow to base a methodology for classify ing documents produced in open and plural environ ments such as social movements. It is emphasized that the production of documents leads to the production of social relations. This social dimension is analyzed with the help of Walter Benjamin’s concept “functional transformation” (Umfunktionierung) and Susan Star and James Griesemer’s concept “Boundary Object”. The characteristics that the document acquires in the pro cess of literary production proposed by Benjamin and the creation of collaborative environments by Star and Griesemer are compared with the document proposed by Miguel Ángel Rendón Rojas within Documentary In formation Science. Finally, metadata and hypertext are identified as the elements that meet the requirements to establish a classification methodology for documents produced in open and changing environments following rhizomatic principles