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This book examines the epistemological, social and political perspectives of practicing interdisciplinary approaches to enhance knowledge, pedagogy, and methodological research in the South Asian context.
List of contents
1. Interdisciplinarity Matters: Convergences and Contestations of Interdisciplinary Trajectories -
Ratheesh Kumar and Babu P. Remesh 2. Interdisciplinarity: Unpredictable Transitions and Uncommon Encounters-
George Varghese K. 3. Transitions in the Organisation of Knowledge: Notes on the Politics of Interdisciplinarity-
Shiju Sam Varughese 4. Contextualizing Interdisciplinarity: The Possibilities and Challenges of Liberal Arts Spaces in India-
Shubha Ranganathan 5. Being Interdisciplinary: The Problem of Method and the Practice of Indian Philosophy-
Samuel G. Ngaihte 6. To Translation we all Belong-
Sowmya Dechamma C.C. 7. Education as a Discipline in India: Foundations and Histories-
Nidhi Gulati and Manish Jain 8. Indispensability of Interdisciplinarity in Studying Society: On Philosophy and Science in Sociology-
Vivek Kumar 9. Border crossings between the Legal and the Social: On the interface of Law, Sociology and Anthropology in India-
Manisha Sethi 10. Interdisciplinary Concerns in Researching Women's Work-
Neetha N. 11. Engaging with Interdisciplinarity through Disability Studies-
Shubhangi Vaidya 12. Desires and Fears of Heterodoxies: Notes on Disciplining Media Studies-
Vibodh Parthasarathi 13. Media and Cultural Studies: Text, Subject and Perception-
Sujith Kumar Parayil 14. 'Belonging' to the discipline of International Relations: The Needs, Perils and Limits of Border-Crossings-
Aparna Devare 15. A new "discipline" or a "conversational community": Reflections on doing and building Childhood Studies-
Anandini Dar 16. Once upon a time, I was an Economist! Autobiographical Notes of a Researcher in Labour Studies-
Babu P. Remesh 17. Positioning Emotions in an Interdisciplinary Perspective-
Nita Mathur 18. Researching the 'Urban Turn': Interdisciplinary Methods to Study Cities and Regions-
Rohit Negi, Rachna Mehra, Pritpal Randhawa 19. Multiple personas of social scientists in public health: Challenges in interdisciplinarity- N. Nakkeeran
About the author
Babu P. Remesh is currently Professor, School of Development Studies; Dean (Research & Development) and Director, Centre for Research Methods at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD). Earlier he worked as Associate Fellow/Fellow at V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, NOIDA; and as Associate Professor and Director, School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi.
Ratheesh Kumar currently works as Associate Professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has previously taught at the Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad and at the School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. He was a Charles Wallace India Trust Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge (2021-2022).
