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[ecrea] Culture, Theory & Critique - Call for Papers
Mon Jul 20 13:25:56 GMT 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS
Culture, Theory & Critique
Subject: Interdisciplinarity
In recent years interdisciplinarity has become a
key dimension in the formulation and assessment
of research. And indeed one of the main
elements in Culture, Theory and Critique?s
statement of aims is the exploration of the
interface between disciplines. It is therefore
opportune to devote an issue to what is meant by
and what is at stake in the notion and practice
of interdisciplinarity. In autumn 2010 we
intend to publish a number of essays on the
topic and suggest various questions amongst others which might be considered:
· What are the factors which explain
the recent surge of interest in
interdisciplinarity in the humanities? Why has
it become a significant part of the discourse
not only of researchers themselves but also of research managers and funders?
· What is the relationship between
distinct disciplines and interdisciplinarity?
· How stable are the existing
disciplines and how do they respond to the
interest in interdisciplinarity? Are there
serious risks of incoherence deriving from the
opening of disciplinary boundaries?
· References to ?interdisciplinarity?
often mean expanding the realm of objects that a
discipline can treat without expanding the
parameters of the discipline?s theory and
methodology. How can an interdisciplinarity
that truly challenges disciplinary assumptions
be articulated and what is the status of the
object of study in such a programme?
· Can interdisciplinarity really
operate in between disciplines or is it only
ever a term used to account for work which draws
from more than one disciplinary field?
· What are the benefits of
interdisciplinary research? Is it in any sense
inherently more probing and comprehensive simply
because it combines different angles of analysis?
· What are the conceptual and
institutional differences between
interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity?
· How does interdisciplinarity
function in different research domains? Do the
sciences and humanities conceive the practice
differently and what might these broad domains learn from the other?s approach?
Culture, Theory and Critique welcomes
theoretical essays on the theme of
interdisciplinarity and critical analyses of
particular examples of its practice. Essays should be submitted
for consideration by the end of March 2010.
For further information about the journal visit:
<http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/RCTC>www.tandf.co.uk/journals/RCTC
and click on the Instruction for Authors tab.
<http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals>www.tandf.co.uk/journals
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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
Pleinlaan 2 - B-1050 Brussels - Belgium
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