Unruly Knowledge: Women's Studies and the Problem of Disciplinarity

The Emergence of Occupational Science in Austria: An Insider Perspective

“…The mutual support and informal exchange amongst these individuals and their respective colleagues and collaborators strengthen the growth of an occupational science community throughout Austria. Boxer (2000) argued in the field of women's studies, the most crucial factor in advancing a discipline is commitment to the main subject of the discipline. The engagement in discussions and interdisciplinary scholarship that focuses on the complex phenomenon of human occupation enabled us to build on and advance existing occupational science scholarship and to go beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries and research traditions.…”

“…Professionals are recommended to be critically reflexive in their everyday health and social care practices (D'Cruz, Gillingham, & Melendez, 2007;Freshwater & Rolfe, 2001;Kessl, 2009), and researchers are urged to remain critically reflexive of their subjectivity when conducting research and to engage in critical reflexivity about the social and power relations inherent in knowledge generation (Bourdieu & Wacquant, 1992;Boxer, 2000;Finlay & Gough, 2003;Harding, 1991;Maton, 2003;Smith, 1990Smith, , 1999. As highlighted by Maton (2003), Bourdieu' s notion of reflexivity considers the relationship between the knower and the known, whereby that relationship is social in nature.…”

Information Needs and Experiences of Scholars in Women’s Studies: Problems and Solutions

“…Placing these research problems within the context of the women's studies (WS) community supports effective progress in understanding interdisciplinary information needs because WS faculty have had ties to many academic disciplines for more than three decades and the field's resources are quite well developed. 10 Literature Review A review of the literature on interdisciplinary information needs and the reference services designed to meet those needs covers a range of academic disciplines and specific services. Although an information-needs analysis of a particular subpopulation at a single institution is necessary to design local services that meet specific needs, an overarching review of key issues provides a worthwhile background for this study.…”