Here’s a collection of my comments to this post via Twitter:

Very much so agree w/ thrust of post re. explanations. Here are some ideas to help:

“Rhizomatic” learning is what happens before we enter school. There we learn that “arborescent” learning = ‘the adult world’.

“Arborescent” learning is centered in experts, institutions, and looks like ‘power over’. “Rhizomatic” is de-centered in encounters, becomings, and looks like ‘power with’.

“Rhizomatic” learning unfolds with messiness; “arborescent” folds, privileges learning from controlled/expert sources.

“Arborescent” learning has a traceable path between start & finish. “Rhizomatic” learning cannot be traced, only sketched.