Starpdisciplinaritāte un transdisciplinaritāte – mūsdienu mozaīka
Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity – a Contemporary Mosaic

Summary/Abstract: The words ‘interdisciplinarity’ and ‘transdisciplinarity’ have become popular lately and are part of the discourse of researchers, especially those who are working on grant projects. Are these terms keywords, or just a passing trend? Regardless of how one designates them, this has become a mandatory feature of research strategies, requiring courage of the researchers to step outside the boundaries of their field so as to evaluate it from a different standpoint. Interdisciplinarity, including holistic thinking, is mentioned in several research strategy documents in Europe and Latvia. Pierre Mairesse, Director of the General Directorate of the Commission of Education and Culture has explained this phenomenon in the following way: interdisciplinarity involves the exchange of knowledge, analyses and use of different methods through the cooperation of various disciplines. This is a cooperation of various specialists for the overall development of the particular research field. This approach aims to explain the difficult items by joining methods and ways of problem-solution of different disciplines and to foster holistic thinking. Interdisciplinarity is not the study of various disciplines, but rather an openness to various disciplines, so as to look for solutions from various perspectives.

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