Beyond Disciplinary Belonging Constructing a Scholarly Self through Interactions and Relationality
In an article published in October 2018 in The Chronicle of Higher Education entitled “The Interdisciplinary Delusion,” the author sheds a critical light on how the restructuring and hiring plans of many universities are tied to creating a “futuristic optimism” while at the same time masking an inst...
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| Published in | Transverse Disciplines p. 309 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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University of Toronto Press
31.08.2022
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | In an article published in October 2018 in The Chronicle of Higher Education entitled “The Interdisciplinary Delusion,” the author sheds a critical light on how the restructuring and hiring plans of many universities are tied to creating a “futuristic optimism” while at the same time masking an institution’s “cost-cutting austerity.”¹ Indeed, scholars and instructors are encouraged to “think big” and are shamed into “merely pursuing the questions of their home discipline.”² While I disagree with such shaming practices because they are certainly not effective, in the context of this essay a focus on the phrase “home discipline” per se is |
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| ISBN: | 148750845X 9781487508456 |
| DOI: | 10.3138/9781487538262-017 |