{
  "id": "in-search-of-transdisciplinarity-a-review-of-two-workshops-supported-by-5072",
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "In Search of Transdisciplinarity: A Review of Two Workshops Supported by Situating Science",
  "author": [
    {
      "literal": "Michael Cournoyea"
    }
  ],
  "container-title": "Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science",
  "volume": "2",
  "issue": "1",
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2008
      ]
    ]
  },
  "URL": "https://spontaneousgenerations.com/articles/in-search-of-transdisciplinarity-a-review-of-two-workshops-supported-by-5072/",
  "page": "238-244",
  "DOI": "10.4245/sponge.v2i1.5072",
  "abstract": "Disciplines have a way of imprisoning their creations. Entrenched in an incommensurable discourse, ideas grow stagnant. Whether ideas transcend this imprisonment is a matter of adapting, flexing, and mobilizing knowledge. This is the aim of Situating Science: Cluster for the Humanistic and Social Studies of Science. Promoting transdisciplinarity among researchers, stakeholders, and the public, the Cluster brings diverse groups of scholars to sit around a common table and discuss a common theme. My aim in this short review is to capture some of the central themes and discussions of two such workshops, one on empathy, the other evidence-based medicine. Both workshops provided a fascinating multidisciplinary perspective on topics that easily transcend disciplinary boundaries. Yet the divisions between participants were clear, leaving some discouraged about producing collaborative work. As both workshops boasted a broad range of speakers and participants, my challenge has been to identify common themes without diminishing or disregarding this multiplicity of perspectives. I have only sought to highlight some of the most thought-provoking ideas."
}