Naslov
Challenges for Universities: Interdisciplinarity in Research and Higher Education

Autori
Žic Fuchs, Milena

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Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, ostalo

Izvornik
LERU CE7 Fall Meeting / - Dubrovnik, 2017

Skup
LERU CE7 Fall Meeting

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 29.09.2017. - 30.09.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Plenarno

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
inter/multi/transdisciplinarity, research, higher education, tradition, knowledge, empirical and orientational knowledge, Grand Challenges, university reforms

Sažetak
The fundamental concepts of 'knowledge' and 'tradition' are discussed from an anthropological perspective and monodisciplinary university studies are studied from the present focus on inter/multi/transdisciplinary research, starting with the fundamental views of C.P. Snow (1964) on the 'two cultures' and overview of developing thought up to the present. Through concrete examples it is shown that 'knowledge' manifests itself in different forms and that, from a contemporary point of view, these different 'knowledges' should be, at least to some extent, integrated into university programs. On the basis of a concrete event, namely the Stresa Junior Summit on Water, and its outcomes five years later indicate that it is worthwhile investing in educating early career researchers for interdisciplinarity. Following the thoughts of Van Rensselaer Potter the necessity of this 'new' approach to knowledge and knowledges is necessary because of its direct connection to survival in its most basic sense.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti

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