Overview
- n analytic autoethnography-Ã -deux, focusing on
- shared reminiscences and on-going experience, and presenting a joint research
- in self-discovery
- The book tells a story which
- demonstrates how a medical sociologist crossed disciplinary boundaries, and
- through a unique learning experience acquired a new role and became a
- transdisciplinary researcher, creating innovative approaches to knowledge while
- participating in changing organizational work patterns
- This book describes and theorizes a transdisciplinary trajectory; although the need for transdisciplinary research is clear on many levels, the practical question of how individuals actually become transdisciplinary researchers and how they work as transdisciplinary researchers, has not been addressed in sufficient detail
- This book was written by two sociologists who have produced a
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theoretical Considerations
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A Story of Search and Research
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Construing The Process
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About this book
The authors, two sociologists, discover, follow-up, examine, and make sense of the cross-roads where the social and life sciences meet, surprised by the emergent story which they simultaneously witness and document. Together, they focus on Lea Hagoel’s professional path as a medical sociologist fitting in with bio-medical scientific work patterns of a multi-disciplinary team of physicians, nurses, bio-statisticians, IT personnel, molecular biologists, and managerial-administrative team members. Lea shared her experiences with Devorah, and what developed into this book consists of the story itself – the unfolding of events as observed and described by Lea who tells what it was like for a sociologist. Her story unfolds in the context of the ongoing dialogue which lasted more than two decades and turned into an autoethnography à deux. Finally, the ethnographers offer insights into the world of biology and medicine, into women’s lives, into being a native in a disciplinary culture, and into transdisciplinarity.
In three parts, the book describes and theorizes the quest of a medical sociologist for transdisciplinarity. Part I explores the theoretical background, Part II presents the story of different stages in Lea’s experiences tracing the trajectory of her growing professional repertoire and discovering the practical meaning of how cross-disciplinary knowledge affects her performance as a researcher in the organization with which she is affiliated. Part III draws conclusions about what moving between disciplines can mean for a researcher.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From the Margins to New Ground
Book Subtitle: An Autoethnography of Passage between Disciplines
Authors: Lea Hagoel, Devorah Kalekin-Fishman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-298-1
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-298-1Published: 23 December 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 210
Topics: Education, general