Multidisciplinarity

Book description

Multidisciplinarity takes a step towards a down-to-earth discussion of the relation between disciplinary discourses and grand narratives in three different projects, focusing mainly on its artistic, cultural and management aspects.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of figures
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Preface: projects for social change
  9. Introducing projects for social change in art and culture
    1. The story of a research in four chapters
  10. 1. Historiography: the proliferation of art and cultural projects for social change
    1. Art as social system
    2. Art as social practice
    3. Art as social sculpture
    4. Cultural studies in relation to social change
    5. Discourses of multidisciplinarity in cultural studies
    6. A brief introduction to the history of classical project management in the cultural sector
    7. Dealing with complexity in social change: cross-cultural complex project management
  11. 2. Disciplines and their perspectives: art, cultural studies, and project management on social change
    1. Art meets cultural studies: art making as a human behaviour
    2. Art meets project management: creativity, chaos, and complexity from two perspectives
    3. Cultural studies meets project management: common characteristics to the contemporary society
  12. 3. Three multidisciplinarity projects combining art, cultural studies, and project management for social change
    1. Intervene: Heroes and Villains: saving education
    2. Project Row Houses: all artists are alike
    3. Morrinho: making a (not so) small revolution
  13. 4. Integrating three important disciplines in art and cultural projects for social change
    1. Art: the empowering effect of creativity
    2. Cultural studies: existing cultural references matter
    3. Project management: understanding complexity
    4. Art, cultural studies and project management: overcoming grand narratives
  14. 5. Concluding remarks: overcoming preconceived ideas in projects for social change
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index

Product information

  • Title: Multidisciplinarity
  • Author(s): Luisa Santos
  • Release date: June 2018
  • Publisher(s): Routledge
  • ISBN: 9781317093602