Multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, and patterns of. Before we introduce the concept of interdisciplinarity, we must first explain what an academic discipline is. Medicine has evolved from the undertaking of the individual practitioner. Persistent throughout history is the ongoing problem of applying the concept of interdisciplinarity in practice, confronting the common problems of. Recognizing argument types and adding missing reasons. Spanning the social sciences, natural sciences, humanities, and professions, her study is a synthesis of existing scholarship on interdisciplinary research, education and health care. Embedding philosophers in the practices of science. Doesnt miss much, except that it doesnt discuss the multidisciplinarity within disciplines like biology, sociology, anthropology. Interdisciplinarity has become as important outside academia as within. A theory of interdisciplinary studies 1 a theory of interdisciplinary studies by william h. I explore the strengths and weaknesses of some of the leading thinking on the concept over the past 30 years. Illinois digital environment for access to learning and scholarship repository. Pdf the theory and practice of interdisciplinarity in.
Interdisciplinarity is when two or more subjects academic disciplines join up. The literature invoking interdisciplinarity as a topic for theory, research, education, and policy is vast. Interdisciplinarity i university of calgary content from. Author klein, julie thompson mapping interdisciplinary. Modern interdisciplinarity has been seen as a panacea for a research endeavor which has fragmented into fiefdoms and abstractions. Interdisciplinarity is necessitated by complexity, specifically by the structure and be. The theory and practice of interdisciplinarity in information science article pdf available in perspectivas em ciencia da informacao 163.
Klein provides readers with a comprehensive, thoughtful and wellbalanced overview of the history, theory and practice of interdisciplinarity, a concept which refers to the interaction. The problem of interdisciplinarity in theory, practice, and. Browse ebooks from the perspectivesoninterdisciplinarity series to read online or download in epub or pdf format. Seen as the savior of research and teaching, especially in universities, and of society, or the seeds of destruction, interdisciplinarity s proponents and critics talk past each other.
Theory and practice the blog tracks the development of coker universitys interdisciplinary studies program course experiences, student accomplishments, and the pedagogy and theory on which the program is based. Julie thompson klein is a professor and scholar in the field of interdisciplinary studies at wayne state university. Academics, policy makers, and the general public seek insights to help organize the vast amounts of knowledge being produced, both within research and at all levels of education. The third takes a more organisational view, focusing on how knowledge is institutionally organised and structured. This happens when a problem overlaps traditional academic boundaries. It has become a standard of care in hospital and clinicbased practice to utilize a. The nature of complex systems provides a rationale for interdisci plinary study. This chapter provides an exposition of the concept of interdisciplinarity. Even as scepticism for the concept exists, it has now gained moral overtones with arguments for why interdisciplinarity is both desirable and inevitable.
May 01, 2011 with all the changes that have taken place in the practice of political history since the founding of the profession in the 1880s, interdisciplinarity has remained an enduring feature of the work. Klein is widely known as a pioneer in interdisciplinary education, and has consulted. Document resume author klein, julie thompson available from. Some essential definitions 11 chapter 2 interdisciplinarity is one of the great buzzwords in academia, and has been for perhaps a generation. Jerrys personal and professional friendship is the greatest of treasures reaped from a challenging and invigorating year. An international journal for theory, history and foundations of science 34 2. The problem of interdisciplinarity in theory, practice.
History of disciplines and interdisciplinarity rick szostak. A fuller understanding of historical context, definition, and patterns of practice is. Presentation mode open print download current view. Interdisciplinarity is among the most talked about but most misunderstood topics in education on all levels today.
This encyclopedic overview of the interdisciplinary landscape focuses on the nature of interdisciplinarity, its relationship to disciplines, and its practice in health care and research as well as higher education. Disagreements about interdisciplinarity, as a result, often center on dif. Kleins interdisciplinarity is an important look at the state of interdisciplinarity research circa 1990, but its argument is caught up in the glorious rhetoric of interdisciplinarity rather than the decidedly mixed record of actual interdisciplinary programs. An international journal for theory, history and fundations of science. Pdf resources for interdisciplinary studies researchgate. The second edition of the oxford handbook of interdisciplinarity offers a thorough update of this major reference work, summarizing the latest. The problem of interdisciplinarity in theory, practice, and history. A brief history of comprehensiveness and interdisciplinarity in interdisciplinarity. History, theory and practice a milestone in books in interdisciplinarity. Pdf a theory of interdisciplinary studies semantic scholar. This hefty volume, which promises 42 standalone chapters ranging from the physical.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. An examination of complex systems yields new insights into the practice of inter disciplinary study and confirms widely accepted principles for the conduct of interdisciplinary inquiry. This paper first describes the recent development that scientists and engineers of many disciplines, countries, and institutions increasingly engage in nanoscale research at breathtaking speed. His research spans economic history, methodology, and the theory and practice of interdisciplinarity.
Medicine has evolved from the undertaking of the individual practitioner to a state in which many disciplines become involved in administering both diagnostic and treatment services. Klein is widely known as a pioneer in interdisciplinary education, and has consulted widely in academic and other settings in the field. Wayne state university press, 1990, provided the first comprehensive study of the historical development of interdisciplinarity and the relationship between disciplines and interdisciplinarity. The main purpose of the journal interdisciplinarity in theory and practice is a presentation of modern approaches in the intensively developing interdisciplinary branches of science in order to offer useful information for readers as well as to propose a possibility to integrate these knowledge into the scientificresearch and. This is indeed what happened, as participants gathered formally and informally to engage in lively conversations about the evolution of interdisciplinary theory and practice and about current issues and emerging developments related to.
Pdf on aug 7, 2010, julie thompson klein and others published. Newell miami university school of interdisciplinary studies abstract. This is indeed what happened, as participants gathered formally and informally to engage in lively conversations about the evolution of interdisciplinary theory and practice and about current issues and emerging developments related to interdisciplinary research and scholarship. Boisot 1972 provides a definition in scientific terms. Klein is a professor of humanities at wayne state university and former president of the association for integrative studies. The problem of interdisciplinarity in theory, practice, and history volume 40 issue 4 harvey j. A study of the book itself, or even of franklin, may be interdisciplinary or it may not. It is thus impossible to produce the most fruitful forms of interdisciplinarity deliberately. Download the pdf to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Interdisciplinarity simple english wikipedia, the free. Two of these cases were located in the french academic field. In wrestling with the shifting valences of interdisciplinarity, the authors reveal their own quests for integration, to find a stable nucleus within the cloud of shifting.
Project muse the problem of interdisciplinarity in theory. The latter has one us organization, the association for interdisciplinary studies founded in 1979, two international organizations, the international network of inter and transdisciplinarity founded in 2010 and the philosophy ofas interdisciplinarity network founded in 2009, and one research institute devoted to the theory and practice. The oxford handbook of interdisciplinarity hardcover. One of the prime goals of the historical performance practice movement of the late twentieth century has been to reconnect the knower and the known. Theory, practice, and interdisciplinarity may 2022, 2016 jacobs school of music indiana university bloomington a conference hosted by the historical performance institute of the indiana university jacobs school of music with support from the iu new frontiers in the arts and humanities program. Disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity have become keywords for knowledge. Valences of interdisciplinarity athabasca university press. Interdisciplinarity is necessitated by complexity, specifically by the structure and be havior of complex systems. Other terms which mean almost the same thing are multidisciplinarity and crossdisciplinarity. The interdisciplinarity of political history perspectives. The breadth of this intellectual terrain is suggested by the forthcoming oxford handbook on interdisciplinarity frodeman et al. Practicing interdisciplinarity bioscience oxford academic. Interdisciplinarity meaning of interdisciplinarity by lexico.
Subsequently, we gave an overview of possible drivers of interdisciplinary research in chapter 5. Seen as the savior of research and teaching, especially in universities, and of society, or the seeds of destruction, interdisciplinaritys proponents and critics talk past each other. Two of these cases were located in the french academic field, first between the wars, and then again after 1980. Multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, and patterns of research collaboration in nanoscience and nanotechnology. With her abundant experiences in exploring the theoretical background of the concept interdisciplinarity and how it could be applied to daily practice, dr. Interdisciplinarity and the history of western epistemology 39 resistance not least on the grounds that the tenets of complex systems theory were disputed within its intended disciplines, and that its application as a universal approach to knowledge was inherently problematic klein, 2001, p. Welcome to interdisciplinarity in theory and practice board. Computational methods, algorithms, and the future of the field gibson et al. During the last golden era of political history, in the 1940s and 1950s, the period of liberal consensus history, scholars engaged in numerous. Some features of this site may not work without it. Even as scepticism for the concept exists, it has now gained moral overtones with arguments for why interdisciplinarity is. In the social sciences, market economic models are used in economics, anthropology, history, sociology, political science, public policy, and even psychology. The longterm trend in the history of undergraduate curriculum has been the. A workmanlike summary of all the various ways that interdisciplinarity has been discussed over the years, but without a firm view of its own.
The article examines three cases of symmetrical, processual interdisciplinarity involving sociology and history. Theory, practice, and interdisciplinarity second annual conference hosted by the historical performance institute of the indiana university jacobs school of music with support from the iu institute for advanced study friday, may 19 8. Theory and practice perspectives on interdisciplinarity keestra, machiel, menken, steph on. A platform for a shared discourse of interdisciplinary education1. History, theory, and practice, julie thompson klein addresses the origins of academic interest in interdisciplinarity, finding support for the concept in the writings of. When we distinguished between multidisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity in chapter 4, we pointed out that the synthesis or integration of disciplinary insights is the defining characteristic of interdisciplinarity. The chapter also explores two central motifs to interdisciplinarity as it has developed in the late 20th and into the 21st century, method and rigor. In this volume, julie klein provides the first comprehensive study of the modern concept of interdisciplinarity, supplementing her discussion with the most complete bibliography yet compiled on the subject. Theory, practice, and interdisciplinarity may 1921, 2017 second annual conference hosted by the historical performance institute of the indiana university jacobs school of music with support from the iu institute for advanced study jacobs school of music indiana university bloomington institute for advanced study. Valences of interdisciplinarity theory, practice, pedagogy edited by raphael foshay. Perspectives on interdisciplinarity series filter results. Nc state task force on comprehensiveness and interdisciplinarity.