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Article published In: Dialogic Matters: Interrelating Dialogue, the Material, and Social Change
Edited by Theresa Castor
[Language and Dialogue 11:1] 2021
► pp. 107–124

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Some challenges of interdisciplinarity

Working with different experts in adaptation to climate change stakeholders’ teams

 | Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Published online: 22 April 2021
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Abstract
This piece explores dialogue analysis inside a particular ongoing collective work, a regional adaptation to climate change research-action project in the southern part of Québec province, the Memphrémagog MRC. First, some precision is given to better understand what it means to work in interdisciplinary contexts such as this one, continuing the development of a terminology to be able to better identify collaboration between and with different professionals. These problems are then expressed in two case studies of dialogues as they have been documented in the research project.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Reflecting on interdisciplinarity
  • 3.A research-action project
  • 4.Two meetings
    • 4.1A meeting of the public security table
    • 4.2A climate café
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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