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Definition
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Linda Logan
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January 28, 2015 9:53 AM
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Hi Adugna!
Thanks for your very descriptive and relatable metaphor for Interdisciplinary work. I love
the salad approach and you are right, in order to make a salad that is representative of the
wide range of nutrition needed for the human body, it requires adding different ingredients
from all the food groups in order to achieve nutritional balance and exquisite taste,
something that cannot be done using just lettuce.
Well done!!!
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INT METAPHOR
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RE: INT METAPHOR
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Linda Logan
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January 28, 2015 9:41 AM
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Hi Nicole!
Thanks for your post! I like your metaphor of 'marching to the beat of a different drum", it
defiantly describes Interdisciplinarians accurately. I was reading somewhere a list of
characteristics and attributes that also describe us. Some of the adjectives were, " thick
skinned, reliable, determined, motivated, inquisitive, and problem solver" to name a few. As
a youngster, I was always interested in a wide variety of things from sports, to cooking and
sewing, to politics and government. My strongest attributes are that I am very determined
and motivated problem solver. Whether it is in my personal life or professional one, I am
usually the go to person for answers and I draw on all aspects of my experience and
knowledge to come up with solutions. Another attribute is that I am very inquisitive and
very rarely am I satisfied with the status quo of things. I'm always looking to make
processes more streamlined and updated.
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Defining Interdisciplinary Studies
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Defining Interdisciplinary Studies
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Linda Logan
Posted Date:
January 28, 2015 9:24 AM
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January 28, 2015 9:24 AM
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Interdisciplinary studies crosses between discipline studies in order to develop a wide scope
of understanding, learning and interpreting, to ultimately address societal concerns which
are to broad or complex to be solved adequately by one approach or discipline.
There are a few metaphors that would aptly describe the process or application of
Interdisciplinarity for non-interdisciplinarians and interdisciplianarians alike but here I will
pick only two, integration and bridge building. Both of these terms represent a give and take
between disciplines in order to establish or create a new body of knowledge or a more
comprehensive and inclusive approach to understanding the issue, question or problem
being addressed.
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