Abstract:Any time a field considers its domain, topics tend to dominate thinking. Not surprisingly, reflections on domains tend to conjure up inventories of the issues scholars in the field study, how topics have shifted over time, and topics that are likely to be on the horizon. Such analyses lead to questions of boundaries-where the edges are, what distinguishes "us" from "them," how "we" might expand "our" territory, and whether we should be building fences or bridges. Boundary-based thinking implies a similarity wi… Show more
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