Interdisciplinary Studies and the Bridging Disciplines: A Matter of Process

Autor/in	Youngblood, Dawn
Titel	Interdisciplinary Studies and the Bridging Disciplines: A Matter of Process
Quelle	In: Journal of Research Practice, 3 (2007) 2, (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1712-851X
Schlagwörter	Interdisciplinary Approach; Anthropology; Geography; Intellectual Disciplines; Higher Education; Integrated Curriculum; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Anthropologie; Geografie; Geisteswissenschaften; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Bridging disciplines have much to teach regarding how to combine analytical tools to tackle problems and questions that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. This article explores interdisciplinary aspects of two long established bridging disciplines--geography and anthropology--in order to consider what the relatively young undertaking labeled "interdisciplinary studies" can learn from their long existence. It considers the fallacy of nomothetic claim as well as the fruitful production of solutions by viewing process (methodology), not domain (academic turf), as the key to interdisciplinary success. Staking claim to interdisciplinarity is shown to be unproductive while finding the need for interdisciplinary approaches and following the mandates of that need strengthens both the disciplines and interdisciplinary studies. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10