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Challenge no 5: True
interdisciplinarity is still missing Research around COVID-19 is not limited to the health and biological sciences, but it has attracted scientists from various fields including geographers. Nonetheless, very few research projects integrating the health (e.g. public health) and social and earth sciences (e.g. geography) have been conducted. Interdisciplinary work is widely recognized as a breeding ground for innovation and it is, possibly, the only way of understanding complex problems, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Health researchers, who hold vast knowledge on the biological mechanisms of disease transmission and health surveillance systems, need to team up with geographers (and other scientists) who are widely known for bridging social sciences and natural sciences, for their proficiency in GIS that could be used to track contagion, and for their understanding of human-environment relationships. But the same applies to geogra- phers, who should get familiar with medical and biological terms, epidemiological rese- arch methods, causality frameworks, epidemic models, and so on. As two heads are better than one, not because either is infallible, but because they are unlikely to go wrong in the same direction (C. S. Lewis, 1898-1963), the current COVID-19 should be used to leverage true interdisciplinarity research."
Fonte: THE IMPORTANCE OF SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC FOR HEALTH GEOGRAPHY: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES Ana Isabel Ribeiro1 Cláudia Jardim Santos2
Termo equivalente: interdisciplinaridade
Definição: "We explore the practical difficulties of interdisciplinary research in the context of a regional- or local-scale project. We posit four barriers to interdisciplinarity that are common across many disciplines and draw on our own experience and on other sources to explore how these barriers are manifested. Values enter into scientific theories and data collection through scientists' hidden assumptions about disciplines other than their own, through the differences between quantitative and interpretive social sciences, and through roadblocks created by the organization of academia and the relationship between academics and the larger society. Participants in interdisciplinary projects need to be self-reflective about the value judgments embedded in their choice of variables and models. They should identify and use a core set of shared concerns to motivate the effort, be willing to respect and to learn more about the “other,” be able to work with new models and alternative taxonomies, and allow for plurality and incompleteness."
Fonte: Practicing Interdisciplinarity Sharachchandra Lélé, Richard B. Norgaard Author Notes BioScience, Volume 55, Issue 11, November 2005, Pages 967–975, https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055(0967:PI)2.0.CO;2 Published: 01 ovember 2005
Definição em português: "Exploramos as dificuldades práticas da pesquisa interdisciplinar no contexto de um projeto de escala regional ou local. Nós colocamos quatro barreiras à interdisciplinaridade que são comuns em muitas disciplinas e nos baseamos em nossa própria experiência e em outras fontes para explorar como essas barreiras se manifestam. Os valores entram nas teorias científicas e na coleta de dados por meio de suposições ocultas dos cientistas sobre outras disciplinas que não as suas, por meio das diferenças entre ciências sociais quantitativas e interpretativas e por meio de barreiras criadas pela organização da academia e a relação entre acadêmicos e a sociedade em geral. Os participantes de projetos interdisciplinares precisam ser auto-reflexivos sobre os julgamentos de valor embutidos em sua escolha de variáveis e modelos. Eles devem identificar e usar um conjunto central de preocupações compartilhadas para motivar o esforço, estar dispostos a respeitar e aprender mais sobre o “outro”, ser capazes de trabalhar com novos modelos e taxonomias alternativas e permitir a pluralidade e incompletude."
