Science vs. Science: Complexities of Interdisciplinary Research

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Science vs. Science: Complexities of Interdisciplinary Research

Science vs. Science: Complexities of Interdisciplinary Research

Contributed by Morgan Fritz to Scholarly Readings on 30 Jan 2014

Human-Computer Interaction and Web Science are radically interdisciplinary fields, but what does this mean in practical terms? Undertaking research that encompasses multiple disciplinary perspectives and methods is a serious challenge and it is difficult to maintain conferences that fairly review and host contributions from multiple disciplines. The colocation of the ACM WebSci conference with CHI in Paris, offers an unusual opportunity to bring these two communities together. Our objective is to provide a space for interested researchers from both HCI and Web Science communities to share their views and approaches to tackling the tensions and complexities associated with interdisciplinary work, whatever fields are being bridged.


Read more at http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2468825

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