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The Future Is Interdisciplinary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2004

William F. Condee
William F. Condee
Affiliation:
Ohio University
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The future of theatre history is interdisciplinary. The inevitable question is, of course, What does one mean by interdisciplinary? There is indeed a whole field of interdisciplinary, or integrative, studies, with its own academic departments, conferences and journals. (Which in turn raises the troublesome question, Is interdisciplinarity still interdisciplinary, or is it now a discipline? But I won't go there—yet.) The common view is that interdisciplinarity employs more than one discipline to address a complex problem. Interdisciplinary studies tend to privilege unity, convergence, synthesis, complex questions, and broad issues.

Type
Research Article
Information
Theatre Survey , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , November 2004 , pp. 235 - 240
Copyright
© 2004 The American Society for Theatre Research, Inc.

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Footnotes

William F. Condee (Columbia University, Vassar College) is Professor of Theater and Director of the School of Interdisciplinary Arts at Ohio University. He is the author of the forthcoming Coal and Culture: Opera Houses in Appalachia (Ohio University Press) and Theatrical Space: A Guide for Directors and Designers (Scarecrow Press). Professor Condee is also the recipient of the Presidential Teacher Award, the College of Fine Arts Senior Teacher Award, and the Honors Tutorial College Outstanding Tutor Award.