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The lively process of interdisciplinarity
Author(s) -
Buller Henry
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2008.00856.x
Subject(s) - articulation (sociology) , natural (archaeology) , process (computing) , sociology , natural science , epistemology , quality (philosophy) , engineering ethics , computer science , political science , engineering , philosophy , geography , archaeology , politics , law , operating system
Food chain research offers particular opportunities for the development of interdisciplinary problematics and approaches. For example, the issue of ‘quality’ cannot be interpreted solely from natural or from social science perspectives but rather requires a consilient and interdisciplinary vision. Suggesting a ‘ground upwards’ approach, building upon transitional objects and networks of practice and drawing upon a recently completed research project involving natural and social science research teams, this paper considers the practice and performance of interdisciplinarity as a lively process of knowledge creation that operates within what Luhmann calls ‘forums of articulation’ through which epistemologically mobile socio‐natural entities are defined and explored.