Interdisciplinary research: framing and reframing |
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Authors: | Elizabeth Oughton Louise Bracken |
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Affiliation: | Centre for Rural Economy, Agriculture Food and Rural Development, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE1 7RU Email:; Department of Geography, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE |
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Abstract: | Framing encompasses the processes of identifying and bounding the area of research and based on our own experiences as academics we have found significant differences in the ways that researchers establish and frame a disciplinary, compared to an interdisciplinary, research project. In this paper we have attempted to contribute to the development of the conceptual framework underpinning interdisciplinary research through analysis of interviews with a number of academics already working in an interdisciplinary manner. Successful projects are able to identify and support the processes that allow the communication and negotiation that is necessary, not just for the initial framing of a research funding proposal but to be able to maintain negotiation. Self awareness and continual reflexivity and a willingness to be questioned by others are essential to this process. |
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Keywords: | interdisciplinarity rural development food |
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