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Listening between the lines: medieval and modern science

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  • Giles Gasper

    (Durham University, Durham, UK)

  • Tom McLeish

    (Durham University, Durham, UK)

  • Hannah E Smithson

    (University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)

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In this article the investigators of the Ordered Universe project will reflect on how a diverse range of disciplinary perspectives essential for effective research into medieval science have been identified, acknowledged and absorbed into a genuinely interdisciplinary methodology. The project operates with a radical interdisciplinary composition bridging science and humanities in particular. How to translate what might be termed current academic practices and expectations between disciplines and between colleagues is a key issue. The article explores the practices of collaborative discussion, collaborative reading and collaborative writing. Central to these issues is the notion of the “atmosphere of enquiry”: getting the best from disciplinary perspectives, respecting expertise and having the right to challenge disciplinary boundaries are integral elements within the process. Finally the experience of this project is set in the context of the wider discussion of what interdisciplinary research means. We discuss how the methods of the Ordered Universe might be used, by imitation or by analogy. This article is published as part of a collection on interdisciplinarity.

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  • Giles Gasper & Tom McLeish & Hannah E Smithson, 2016. "Listening between the lines: medieval and modern science," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 2(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palcom:v:2:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1057_palcomms.2016.62
    DOI: 10.1057/palcomms.2016.62
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