Tackling wicked problems through the transdisciplinary imagination / edited by Valerie A. Brown, John A. Harris and Jacqueline Y. Russell.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brown, Valerie A.
Harris, John A. (John Alfred), 1941-
Russell, Jacqueline Y.
Language:English
Published: London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010.
Subjects:
Interdisciplinary research.
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
Social problems > Environmental aspects.
Physical Description:xx, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword / John Reid
  • Pt. 1. THE IDEAS. Towards a just and sustainable future / V.A. Brown, P.M. Deane, J.A. Harris and J.Y. Russell
  • Beyond disciplinary confinement to imaginative transdisciplinary / R.J. Lawrence
  • A philosophical framework for an open and critical transdisciplinary inquiry / J.Y. Russell
  • Collective inquiry and its wicked problems / V.A. Brown
  • Ignorance and uncertainty / M. Smithson
  • Pt. 2. THE PRACTICE. Overview
  • Conducting an inaginative transdisciplinary inquiry / V.A. Brown
  • Specialized Inquiry. Overview
  • 'Now I'm not an expert in anything' : Callenges in undertaking transdisciplinary inquires across the social and biophysical sciences / H.J. Aslin and K.L. Blackstock
  • Global inequalitites in research : A transdisciplinary exploration of causes and consequences / L. van Kerkhoff
  • Applying specialized knowledge / J. Schooneveldt
  • Community-Based Inquiry. Overview
  • Inclusice governance for sustainability / C.M. Hendriks
  • Fences and windows : Using visual methods to explore conflicts in land and seascape management / C. Wyborn and D. Cleland
  • Calculating community risk : A transdisciplinary inquiry into contemporat understandings of risk / G. Li
  • Organizational Inquiry. Overview
  • Embedded scales : Interdisciplinary and institutional issues. S. Dovers
  • Adaptiveness and openness in ecosystem management : An exemplary sensitivity / G. Walkerden
  • Truth, knowledge and data : A study of truth-building in organizational change / C. Parissi
  • Individual-Focused Inquiry. Overview
  • Making their way : Releasing the potential of environmental studeis graduates / J.A. Harris
  • White skin black masks : A personal narrative on benevolent racism / J. Grootjans
  • Exploring the doctoral interface / J. Cumming
  • Holistis Inquiry. Overview
  • Designerly ways of knowing : What does design have to offer? / V.P. Turnbull Hocking
  • Rethinking change / R. Griffith
  • All knowledge is indigenous / K. Arabena
  • Pt. 3. THE FUTURE. Overview
  • Human ecology and open transdisciplinary inquiry / R. Dyball
  • Can there be a community of practice? / V.A. Brown
  • Glossary.