[Air-l] transdisciplinarity

[Paula]

Yes, I thought exactly the same thing!

Michele White wrote:

>I strongly disagree with Barry's indication that research that is without
>a disciplinary structure or "guidance" is inherently worse that other
>research. There may be questions that need to be posed in opposition to or
>without the safe and containing support of a discipline. It seems to me
>that feminisms, postcolonial studies, queer theory, and disability studies
>all suggested and continue to indicate that certain identities and
>questions have been prevented by disciplinary methods, boundaries,
>accepted areas of study, and beliefs. For instance, Linda Nochlin's "Why
>Are There No Great Women Artists?" suggested that prior to the 1970s that
>the education of artists and the field of art history rendered conditions
>where women could not be elevated to the status of great artist. Feminist
>critiques encourage us to look at what disciplines prevent, how they
>guide, and wonder about the ongoing disciplining of Women's Studies and
>Internet Studies.
>
>All my best,
>Michele
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