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Wed Mar 24 10:56:41 GMT 2010



CALL FOR PAPERS

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Culture, Theory & Critique

Subject: Interdisciplinarity

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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
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*           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?

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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
May 2010.

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For further information about the journal visit:
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/RCTC and click on the Instruction for Authors
tab.

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www.tandf.co.uk/journals=20

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