STRATEGIE INTERDYSCYPLINARNE W SOCJOLOGII I HISTORII
INTERDISCIPLINARY STRATEGIES IN SOCIOLOGY AND HISTORY

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the issue of interdisciplinarity by examining the borders between sociology and history in Polish academia. From the perspective of the sociology of science, I reconstruct the current state of relations between these disciplines, attempts to cross borders and create research communities in areas such as historical sociology, oral history, women’s history. I describe the interdisciplinary strategies of sociologists and historians of the younger generation, and especially their practices of building scientific careers. what happens on the outskirts of scientific disciplines triggers processes essential to their identity and autonomy, and changes the relationships in the entire constellation of scientific fields. In Poland, sociology and history are closely related disciplines with a long tradition of mutual references, inspirations, and influences. To characterise their current state, I utilise the statements of sociologists and historians which I collected in 36 in-depth interviews.

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