Defining Terms for Integrated (Multi-Inter-Trans-Disciplinary) Sustainability Research

Stock, Paul V.; Burton, Rob J.F.

doi:10.3390/su3081090

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“…teaching each other) and to learn from other disciplines to develop a unique understanding of the context. As a result, the different members of the team become able to use knowledge and skills from another discipline, while integrating this with the knowledge and skills from their own discipline (Stock & Burton 2011:1098. Throughout this learning process between, across and beyond the disciplines, the voices of the people on grassroots level are incorporated in the development of a new understanding.…”

Section: A Trans-disciplinary Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Are we hearing the voices? Africanisation as part of community development

Westhuizen

Greuel

Beukes

2017

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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The aim of the article is to report on research findings that could contribute to the development of decolonised academic material. Africanisation of curricula implies that education and training as well as praxis be informed by the reality of the South African context, the viewpoints of the people of South Africa and their descriptions of what is needed to build a just society. This is relevant to a variety of service professions. This article was presented from a trans-disciplinary framework, and the term ‘professional carers’, including the social service and theology professions, was used. The discussion explored how academia can approach the development of curricula that will inform praxis and which is relevant to the African context. The terms ‘Africanisation’, ‘decolonisation’ and ‘contextualisation’ were linked, whereafter a developmental approach to the development of the content and presentation of academic material was proposed. The article is concluded with recommended strategic options for the development of Africanised curricula.

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Section: A Trans-disciplinary Approachmentioning

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“…A key component is that it also involves the voices of the recipients of such services. It is therefore not limited to an academic discourse (Stock & Burton 2011:1090. In this regard, South African policies acknowledge the inclusion of recipients by means of the social development approach to community well-being.…”

Section: A Trans-disciplinary Approachmentioning

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Are we hearing the voices? Africanisation as part of community development

Westhuizen

Greuel

Beukes

2017

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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“…Without a focus on problems or everyday practice, SIA would never be initiated and, instead, monodisciplinary communities of highly specialised experts would remain isolated, unable to work on problems whose solutions transcend disciplinary boundaries. I agree with Kuhn that SIA cannot overcome structural constraints through old or new disciplinary tools unless it has a practice-based focus on solving problems [14][15][16][17].…”

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Practice-Based Interdisciplinary Approach and Environmental Research

Datta

2017

Environments

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Interdisciplinary researchers and educators, as community members, creators of knowledge, and environmental activists and practitioners, have a responsibility to build a bridge between community practice, academic scholarship, and professional contributions aimed at establishing environmental sustainability. In this paper, I focus on an undervalued area of environmental politics, practices, and often unarticulated assumptions which underlie human-environmental relations. This article challenges interdisciplinary studies that are not connected with practice by reconfiguring the meaning of a community-based, interdisciplinary approach. Drawing from works by Foucault, Latour, and Haraway, this paper first shows how to reconfigure the meaning of an interdisciplinary approach. Second, using Bourdieu and Brightman's ethnographic studies as a framework, the paper situates practice as central to our efforts to deconstruct and replace current interdisciplinary initiatives with a practice-based approach. Through a practice-based interdisciplinary approach (PIA), environmental educators and researchers gain an awareness of and learn to make an investment in sustainable communities. As teams of environmental researchers practising in the local community, they are meaningfully involved with the community, with each other, and with the environment.

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“…At its core, transdisciplinarity is about the creative synthesis of knowledge to address real-world problems through transcending ideological, scientific, religious, economic, political and philosophical boundaries (Shrivastava & Ivanaj, 2011). Ultimately, successful implementation requires teams to establish conditions that diminish disciplinary chauvinism and cognitive biases and favor transparency, selfreflection and willingness to question personal assumptions and beliefs (Stock & Burton, 2011).…”

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“…Transdisciplinarity involves a creative synthesis where members of different disciplines transcend boundaries to form a new, integrated, and more holistic approach (Darbellay, 2014;J. T. Klein, 2008b;Rosenfield, 1992;Stock & Burton, 2011). In other words, multidisciplinary is additive, interdisciplinary is interactive, and transdisciplinary is holistic (Choi &Pak, 2006).…”

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A Social Machine for Transdisciplinary Research

G Lebow

2018

InformingSciJ

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Aim/Purpose: This paper introduces a Social Machine for collaborative sensemaking that the developers have configured to the requirements and challenges of transdisciplinary literature reviews. Background: Social Machines represent a promising model for unifying machines and social processes for a wide range of purposes. A development team led by the author is creating a Social Machine for activities that require users to combine pieces of information from multiple online sources and file types for various purposes. Methodology: The development team has applied emergent design processes, usability testing, and formative evaluation in the execution of the product road map. Contribution: A major challenge of the digital information age is how to tap into large volumes of online information and the collective intelligence of diverse groups to generate new knowledge, solve difficult problems, and drive innovation. A Transdisciplinary Social Machine (TDSM) enables new forms of interactions between humans, machines, and online content that have the potential to (a) improve outcomes of sensemaking activities that involve large collections of online documents and diverse groups and (b) make machines more capable of assisting humans in their sensemaking efforts. Findings: Preliminary findings suggest that TDSM promotes learning and the generation of new knowledge. Recommendations for Practitioners: TDSM has the potential to improve outcomes of literature reviews and similar activities that require distilling information from diverse online sources. Recommendation for Researchers: TDSM is an instrument for investigating sensemaking, an environment for studying various forms of human and machine interactions, and a subject for further evaluation. Impact on Society: In complex areas such as sustainability and healthcare research, TDSM has the potential to make decision-making more transparent and evidence-based, facilitate the production of new knowledge, and promote innovation. In education, TDSM has the potential to prepare students for the 21st century information economy. Future Research: Research is required to measure the effects of TDSM on cross-disciplinary communication, human and machine learning, and the outcomes of transdisciplinary research projects. The developers are planning a multiple case study using design-based research methodology to investigate these topics.

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Defining Terms for Integrated (Multi-Inter-Trans-Disciplinary) Sustainability Research

Cited by 277 publications

References 85 publications

Are we hearing the voices? Africanisation as part of community development

Are we hearing the voices? Africanisation as part of community development

Practice-Based Interdisciplinary Approach and Environmental Research

A Social Machine for Transdisciplinary Research

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