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720 1 _aFrickel, Scott
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245 0 0 _aInvestigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration
_bTheory and Practice across Disciplines
260 _aNew Brunswick (NJ)
_bRutgers University Press
_c2016
300 _a1 online resource (256 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
506 0 _aFree-to-read
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520 _aInterdisciplinarity has become a buzzword in academia, as research universities funnel their financial resources toward collaborations between faculty in different disciplines. In theory, interdisciplinary collaboration breaks down artificial divisions between different departments, allowing more innovative and sophisticated research to flourish. But does it actually work this way in practice? Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration puts the common beliefs about such research to the test, using empirical data gathered by scholars from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. The book's contributors critically interrogate the assumptions underlying the fervor for interdisciplinarity. Their attentive scholarship reveals how, for all its potential benefits, interdisciplinary collaboration is neither immune to academia's status hierarchies, nor a simple antidote to the alleged shortcomings of disciplinary study.
540 _aAll rights reserved
_uhttp://oapen.org/content/about-rights
546 _aEnglish
650 7 _aReference, information & interdisciplinary subjects
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653 _ainterdisciplinarity; collaboration
720 1 _aAlbert, Mathieu
_4edt
720 1 _aAlbert, Mathieu
_4oth
720 1 _aFrickel, Scott
_4oth
720 1 _aPrainsack, Barbara
_4edt
720 1 _aPrainsack, Barbara
_4oth
793 0 _aDOAB Library.
856 4 0 _uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70852
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_zFree-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication
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