Category Archives: Transdisciplinarity

Academics: bring your own identity | Amber at Warwick: academic technology

Academics: bring your own identity | Amber at Warwick: academic technology. Good post here on academic identity that ties in with much of our own thinking on altmetrics and owning accountability.

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Communities of Integration Workshop – Field Philosophy

I’m very pleased to be attending the upcoming workshop at Arizona State on “Communities of Integration” at the invitation of Erik Fisher of STIR fame. You can get a sneak peak at the developing website, including our contribution on Field … Continue reading

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Knowing and acting: The precautionary and proactionary principles in relation to policy making, J. Britt Holbrook and Adam Briggle « Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective

The Social Epistemology Review and Reply collective is now hosting preprints: Knowing and acting: The precautionary and proactionary principles in relation to policy making, J. Britt Holbrook and Adam Briggle « Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. Yes! Adam and … Continue reading

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“The Individual and Scholarly Networks” webinar: Notes from the not-so-underground philosopher

My initial reaction is that the single-day webinar in which I presented on Tuesday (and in which I was the only humanist – !) was a success. Excepting some minor and very intermittent technical difficulties with sound and visual, the presenters … Continue reading

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Interdisciplines : CASE STUDY: INCREMENTAL UPGRADING OF ENKANINI – THE ISHACK INITIATIVE

If you click on one link today, I recommend this one: Interdisciplines : CASE STUDY: INCREMENTAL UPGRADING OF ENKANINI – THE ISHACK INITIATIVE.   Dear Colleagues: INIT, the International Network of Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity, is continuing to host a virtual … Continue reading

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Making academic knowledge useful to policy : why “supply” solutions are not the whole story | Impact of Social Sciences

For those interested in reconciling the supply of with the demand for knowledge: Making academic knowledge useful to policy : why “supply” solutions are not the whole story | Impact of Social Sciences.

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On the benefits of a philosophy major « Pleas and Excuses

The blog post below has a very nice graphic which details the proven skills that one obtains with a degree in philosophy. While I am tired of having to justify this over and over, I think it is important to … Continue reading

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INIT Interdisciplines virtual seminar on transdisciplinarity

Welcome to the INIT series on Interdisciplines: INIT, the International Network of Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity, is continuing to host a Virtual Seminar on Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Horizons on the platform Interdisciplines. We invite everyone to participate in a new forum … Continue reading

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Occupy Impact – the 1st Annual CASRAI International Conference | CASRAI

These guys are on the right track, if you ask me! We feel the ‘occupy’ meme fits the subject well. In our case occupy is not about protest or revolution. It is about getting inside a difficult issue and tackling … Continue reading

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INIT Virtual Seminar continues in April — New discussion topic

The INIT Network for Transdisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Research is continuing to host a Virtual Seminar on Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Horizons on the platform Interdisciplines (www.interdisciplines.org). You are all invited to join the discussion. In order to join the discussion, just click on … Continue reading

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What is Knowledge Mobilisation and Why Does it Matter to Universities? « Mobilize This!

Essential reading for all those concerned with accountability and impact! What is Knowledge Mobilisation and Why Does it Matter to Universities? « Mobilize This!.

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Research so Nice…

…we’ll pay for it twice? Janet D. Stemwedel, a professor of philosophy at San Jose State, raises more questions about the Research Works Act on a Scientific American blog: The public is all too willing already to see public money spent … Continue reading

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Open Access: Sharing Inspiration & Experience

@livingarchitect , Rachel Armstrong, posts this nice 90 second vid on sharing our work as we move along in our research. As I watch it, I recall Alex Mosiak’s post previous to this one. There is an important distinction to … Continue reading

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Hunter S. Thompson’s 1958 cover letter for a newspaper job – Boing Boing

Hunter S. Thompson’s 1958 cover letter for a newspaper job – Boing Boing.  Attention graduate students, and other job seekers: this is the way to write a job cover letter.

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Re-thinking Rigor, version 2.0.1.2

An interesting overview at an education blog critiquing the amount of time spent spinning pedagogical PR rather than thinking through a sustainable PAIDEIA. What I want is for every American child, every British child, Canadian child, Irish child, Australian child, … Continue reading

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Frodeman & Briggle Reblogged at Becoming Integral

Thanks to our alum Sam Mickey for reblogging this new piece. Much appreciated! What is becoming of philosophy in the 21st century?  There’s a great piece on that topic that just came out in the Chronicle of Higher Education Review. It … Continue reading

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CFP: Science-Policy Interactions & Social Values. April 13-14, 2012

Occurring at the University of Texas at Dallas: The Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology seeks proposals for papers and symposia for a conference to wrap up our 2011-2012 public lecture series on Funded and Forbidden Knowledge: Science, Politics, … Continue reading

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The CHE Review: “A New Philosophy for the 21st Century”

Just out at the Chronicle of Higher Education Reviw by Adam Briggle and me: We have devoted our lives to philosophy. We want the field to survive and, if possible, prosper. But it is increasingly doubtful that academic philosophy can … Continue reading

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A Newly Unfolding Story of an Older History

… this post by CSID fellow David Taylor is continued from Part 1. In 1994, Jerome Rothenberg writes, “… a poetics without a concurrent ethnopoetics is stunted, partial, therefore faulty at a time like ours that can only save itself … Continue reading

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A Primer on Field Philosophy

Our concept of field philosophy could use some elaboration. Our tack has been to define it in contrast with applied philosophy. We have, I think, made three points. First is the question of audience. Applied philosophy assumes a disciplinary audience–(applied) … Continue reading

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David Taylor: A Newly Unfolding Story of an Older History

Part 1 of a new entry from CSID Fellow David Taylor. Susan Denning: “Can poetry change the world?” Gary Snyder: “Ha!” (“Can Poetry Change the World,” in Gary Snyder’s Back on the Fire) 7/24/11 I’m certainly not the first up … Continue reading

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Slavoj Žižek on #Occupy as an Acephalic Movement

Ok, he didn’t use that term.  But as he strikes many of the same notes I heard in Britt’s previous post, I’ve excerpted a bit from his essay in the Guardian this week (it’s worth reading in its entirety): What one … Continue reading

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Interview With Economist Jerry Epstein | Truthout

Possibly instructive on how to leverage a new clearing for publicly engaged philosophy that is at home behind the walls of the academy and within the open spaces of the public common. What Are Economics for? Interview With Economist Jerry … Continue reading

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Syracuse seeks to redefine quality education

Here’s a very interesting article about Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s effect on the reputation of Syracuse University. “It’s not that you stop caring about the fundamentals or quality, you redefine what constitutes quality and exciting scholarly work.” Syracuse’s Slide – Administration … Continue reading

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Economist Paul Krugman Questions Economics

I’ve never liked the notion of talking about economic “science” — it’s much too raw and imperfect a discipline to be paired casually with things like chemistry or biology, and in general when someone talks about economics as a science … Continue reading

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