CFP: Interdisciplinary Research

Call for Papers: CAG 2016 Special Session on Interdisciplinary Research in the context of critical physical geography

If you have an interdisciplinary project that crosses the boundaries between the sciences and the humanities please consider submitting to our session. We are particularity interested in papers that discuss case studies of what it actually means to do interdisciplinary projects. The session description is below but feel free to contact us if you would like further information.

Abstracts can be submitted via the conference website http://cag-acg2016.ca/index.php/ppt-reg/

The deadline is coming up on March 31st, 2016,

We look forward to seeing you in Halifax!

Regards,

Adam Csank Nipissing University

Kirsten Greer Nipissing University

Kirby Calvert University of Guelph

Margot Maddison-MacFadyen Memorial University of Newfoundland

What does it mean to do interdisciplinary research? Exploring mixed methods in geography through the lens of critical physical geography.

Organizers: Adam Csank  (Nipissing University, North Bay, ON CANADA / Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV USA), Kirsten Greer (Nipissing University, North Bay, ON), Kirby Calvert (University of Guelph, Guelph, ON), and Margot Maddison MacFadyen (Memorial University, St John’s, NL) | Email: adamc@nipissingu.ca

What does it mean to be interdisciplinary and integrative? Can a project be considered interdisciplinary if it only involves disciplines within the sciences or the humanities or does it need to cross those boundaries? To what extent, and how, can asymmetrical research improve interdisciplinary research projects? Through case studies, this session seeks to highlight how geographers are bridging the divide between human and physical geography and more generally between the sciences, social sciences and the humanities. The inspiration for this session proposal emerged from discussions and challenges experienced during field work in ‘critical dendrochronology’ to understand the role of the timber trade in Empire, involving historians, human geographers, an environmental scientist and an archaeologist. We have organized a group of papers that will highlighting some of the results of this project but we also welcome submissions on the topic of interdisciplinary studies that cross the boundary between the humanities, sciences and social sciences.