The Bow and the Lyre: Towards a Healthy Tension between Disciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity

While interdisciplinary work is something to be encouraged and supported, it can only thrive on the basis of strong disciplinarity. When carried out properly, interdisciplinarity does not diminish or undermine the individual disciplines, but in fact is made possible by vibrant individual disciplines...

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Main Author: Barbaza, Remmon E.
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.kk-18072024-12-19T03:24:03Z The Bow and the Lyre: Towards a Healthy Tension between Disciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity Barbaza, Remmon E. While interdisciplinary work is something to be encouraged and supported, it can only thrive on the basis of strong disciplinarity. When carried out properly, interdisciplinarity does not diminish or undermine the individual disciplines, but in fact is made possible by vibrant individual disciplines. A healthy tension between disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity must then be sought, calling to mind the Heraclitean ideal of harmony that is produced through the proper tension, say as in the strings of musical instrument, as in the well-known example of the bow and the lyre. Genuine interdisciplinary work does not constrict, but rather helps expand the individual disciplines through research and scholarship. 2024-12-19T06:05:18Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss33/15 info:doi/10.13185/1656-152x.1807 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1807/viewcontent/KK_2033_2C_202019_2C_20_26_2034_2C_202020_2016_20Forum_20Kritika_20on_20Interdisciplinarity_20in_20the_20Philippine_20Academia_20__20Barbaza.pdf Kritika Kultura Archīum Ateneo Disciplinarity; interdisciplinarity; Heraclitus
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topic Disciplinarity; interdisciplinarity; Heraclitus
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Barbaza, Remmon E.
The Bow and the Lyre: Towards a Healthy Tension between Disciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity
description While interdisciplinary work is something to be encouraged and supported, it can only thrive on the basis of strong disciplinarity. When carried out properly, interdisciplinarity does not diminish or undermine the individual disciplines, but in fact is made possible by vibrant individual disciplines. A healthy tension between disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity must then be sought, calling to mind the Heraclitean ideal of harmony that is produced through the proper tension, say as in the strings of musical instrument, as in the well-known example of the bow and the lyre. Genuine interdisciplinary work does not constrict, but rather helps expand the individual disciplines through research and scholarship.
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title_short The Bow and the Lyre: Towards a Healthy Tension between Disciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity
title_full The Bow and the Lyre: Towards a Healthy Tension between Disciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity
title_fullStr The Bow and the Lyre: Towards a Healthy Tension between Disciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity
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