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Post-disciplinarity could be seen as invitation,
openness to different interpretations, critical analysis, and creative
problem solving and also questioning conventional processes of knowledge
creation. The theme will be Knowledge as Disobedience, Expression and
Creativity. All types of presentations that address post-disciplinarity are
welcome but the organisers ‘particularly encourage non-western perspectives
vis-à-vis oral literature, art and performance’ which is especially
of interest for those of us working on decolonisation and Africanisation. Presentations
can be done in the form of research papers, movies or audio-visual material,
exhibitions, performances, music, literary writings such as poetry or short
stories or other creative expressions, or a combination of these.
It is still way too early to have a
programme ready, but two keynote speakers are already listed: Prof Linda
Tahiwai Smith who is the pro-vice Chancellor of the Maori University of Waikato
and Prof Welby Ings from the faculty of design and creative technology at AUT
University.
Interested academics are invited to
pre-register to ensure that they receive updates and book their place as the maximum
participants in this conference is 120 people.
Although Higher Education Institutions
are encouraging Multi-discipline research, the question remains if multi- and/or
post-disciplinary research would not do more harm than good in the longer run?
Normally our research work through to our teaching and to me it is still
unclear how multi- and post-disciplinary research could successfully be taught
at university level. At the moment the career and study paths of students are
focused on specialisation in one specific field and opening this up, could
offer difficult challenges, but it should also be clear that universities will
have to change and co it fast in order to stay relevant to the technology-driven,
network society.
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