Interdisciplinarity: Working with Concepts
Interdisciplinarity: Working with Concepts
Author(s): Mieke BalSubject(s): Theory of Literature
Published by: Филолошки факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: Concepts; interdisciplinarity; analysis; objects; travel; methodology; humanities; art;
Summary/Abstract: My two intellectual passions are interdisciplinarity and methodological rigour. The former is motivated by my interest in social-cultural reality, where disciplinary boundaries seem irrelevant. The latter comes from my desire, as a teacher, to empower students to do their own analytical work. Hence, the interest in ‘travelling’ concepts as tools for interdisciplinary analysis. Below, I give a few arguments in favour of concepts over (disciplinary) methods, and then I sum up a few examples of useful concepts in the Humanities.
Journal: Филолог – часопис за језик, књижевност и културу
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 11-28
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English