Social Sciences
Other Disciplines
Metaphores
Universities
Interdisciplinary Studies
100

A discipline that studies culture

Anthropology

100
Studying a foreign language is part of this category of disciplines

Humanities

100

A geopolitical metaphor used to illustrate resistance to disciplinary exchange

Border Control

100

A Greek scholar who is often thought of as being the first interdisciplinarian.

Aristotle

100

To derive insights from Art and Biology is considered to be this type of interdsicplinarity 

Wide

200

Adam Smith is the founding father of this discipline

Economics

200

This discipline studies the work of thespians.

Theater

200

This metaphor best describes interdisciplinary studies

Smoothie

200
As they became more secular, universities in the US dropped this field of study.

Theology

200

This approach to knowledge producetion rises above existing disciplines.

Transdisciplinary Work

300
This discipline studies power

political science

300

These four disciplines comprise the social sciences.

Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, and Anthropology

300

A geopolitical metaphor that describes interdisciplinary studies

Bridge Building
300

A neighborhood in Athen where Plato held informal lectures

Academy

300

What kind of knowledge production or engagement with disciplines occurs at a typical conference panel?

Multidisciplinary Discussion

400

This interdisciplinary course of study offered at the University of West Georgia draws insights from Psychology, Sociology, and Political Science.

Criminology

400

These four disciplines comprise the natural sciences

Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Geology

400

A dinner buffet best describes this form of disciplinary work

Multidiscipinarity

400

The first university in Europe

University of Bologna 1088

400
A form of IDS research and scholarship that arises in opposition to existing disciplines.

Critical IDS

500

This discipline can be classified as either a social science or as part of the humanities

history

500

This interdisciplinary discipline offered at the University of West Georgia integrates insights from Chemistry, Biology, and Anthropology

Forensic Science

500

A linguistic metaphor that describes interdisciplinary studies

Bilingualism

500

The first university in the world

Al Azhar 972

500

A term used to describe a lack of consensus. When scholars cannot decide upon a common definition for a particular concept.

Essentially Contested Terms