INTERDISCIPLINARITY

Literally, that which lies “between” the disciplines. Hence, in principle, a domain not policed by them. In practice, such spaces have lately been used as marginal zones wherein labor propaedeutic to discipline formation may occur. However, in the context of mounting institutional and/or economic pressure on the humanities, such spaces may increasingly serve in the manner of refugee camps for scholars, teachers, and students no longer sheltered by disciplinary structures, or seeking escape from same.