THE IMPERATIVE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN RESEARCH: AN EXAMPLE OF HISTORY AND OTHER DISCIPLINES
Abstract
This paper examines the imperative of interdisciplinarity in the production of knowledge in the academic community using history and other disciplines as reference point. Adopting secondary sources, the work establishes that fresh insights, approaches, methodologies, toots, theories and concepts from other cognate disciplines can be integrated to address historical research problems no matter their complex nature or forms. Moreover, since history is both a humanist and never a stand alone academic discipline, it can combine are blend new perspectives from one of more disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, natural and applied sciences, and medical science to tackle complex and contemporary societal problems. The study maintains that the approach would be of great benefit to the historian and wary researchers as it would enable them to ask new questions and find flesh answers as to why things happened the way it did. On the other hand, history is capable of providing contexts and backgrounds to researchers from other disciplines. The paper concludes that scholars should depart from their disciplinary silos and embrace interdisciplinary approach which is capable to find actionable solutions to man’s complex problems.
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