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Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 25, No. 3, 365-382 (2001)
DOI: 10.1191/030913201680191727

Interdisciplinarity and social power

Erica Schoenberger

Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD 21218, USA

This paper takes up the problem of how to structure a productive and genuine inter- disciplinary engagement from the standpoint of geography. It examines first what makes inter- disciplinarity difficult, focusing on the production of disciplinary cultures that define the material practices, social relations and epistemological commitments characteristic of a field of study. The paper then considers why interdisciplinarity seems to be in the ascendant and why and how geography has been used in this project. It cautions against a reductionist or imperialist style of interdisciplinary work and encourages geographers to develop their own approach to a productive engagement with other fields, in part through attending to the interdisciplinarity inherent in our own.

Key Words: disciplinary culture • economic geography • environmental determinism • geography • history and epistemology • interdisciplinarity


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