Inter- und transdisziplinäres Tun als interkulturelles Unterfangen
Doing Inter- and Transdisciplinarity as an Intercultural Challenge

Summary/Abstract: „The world has problems, but universities have departments.” Therefore inter- and transdisciplinary research teams are focussing on societal problems for creating potentials of solutions. Representatives of several academic disciplines are cooperating in an interdisciplinary team. In a transdisciplinary team representatives of several academic disciplines are cooperating with exponents outside the scientific area. Every interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary team is a mixture of truths, mental maps, thinking, theories, meanings of terms, methods, interests etc. Inter- and transdisciplinarity is an intercultural challenge. That is why such research teams not only have to reflect on the topics of a project but also on the practice of project communication for creating mutual understanding and confidence. Usually researches are reflecting on “the others”. In contrast, self-reflection and dialogue in inter- and transdisciplinary research teams are methods for creating knowledge.

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