New Directions in Interdisciplinarity

Broad, Deep, and Critical

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20360375
AutoresRobert Frodeman (0000-0002-3610-3840, University of North Texas), Carl Mitcham (0000-0003-4199-5940, Colorado School of Mines)
Ano2007
Volume27
Fascículo6
Páginas506-514
Data de publicação2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBulletin of Science Technology & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0270-4676 • E-ISSN: 1552-4183
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0270467607308284
OpenAlexW2057200137
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas27
Referências citadas14

Aristotle launched Western knowledge on a trajectory toward disciplinarity that continues to this day. But is the knowledge management project that began with Aristotle adequate for the age of Google? Perhaps an undisciplined discourse more evocative of Plato can help us constitute new, more relevant inter- and transdisciplinary forms of knowledge. This article explores the history of disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity, arguing for a new, critical form of interdisciplinarity that moves beyond the academy into dialogue with the public and private sectors. Contemporary knowledge production should involve not only a horizontal axis stretching across academia but also a vertical axis where academic research is integrated into contemporary life

Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Knowledge management · Knowledge production · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration · Philosophy