From the Margins to New Ground : An Autoethnography of Passage between Disciplines / by Lea Hagoel, Devorah Kalekin-Fishman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hagoel, Lea., Author.

Kalekin-Fishman, Devorah, Author.

Series:

Education Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors, two sociologists, discover, follow-up, examine, and make sense of the cross-roads where the social and life sciences meet, surprised by the emergent story which they simultaneously witness and document. Together, they focus on Lea Hagoel’s professional path as a medical sociologist fitting in with bio-medical scientific work patterns of a multi-disciplinary team of physicians, nurses, bio-statisticians, IT personnel, molecular biologists, and managerial-administrative team members. Lea shared her experiences with Devorah, and what developed into this book consists of the story itself – the unfolding of events as observed and described by Lea who tells what it was like for a sociologist. Her story unfolds in the context of the ongoing dialogue which lasted more than two decades and turned into an autoethnography à deux. Finally, the ethnographers offer insights into the world of biology and medicine, into women’s lives, into being a native in a disciplinary culture, and into transdisciplinarity. In three parts, the book describes and theorizes the quest of a medical sociologist for transdisciplinarity. Part I explores the theoretical background, Part II presents the story of different stages in Lea’s experiences tracing the trajectory of her growing professional repertoire and discovering the practical meaning of how cross-disciplinary knowledge affects her performance as a researcher in the organization with which she is affiliated. Part III draws conclusions about what moving between disciplines can mean for a researcher. .

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgment

Part I: Theoretical Considerations

Encounters of Natives in Scientific Places

Non-Natives

And in Science?

Combining Disciplines

Boundaries and Passages between Disciplines

From Sovereign Disciplines to Transdisciplinarity

Individuals Seeking Solutions and the Unique Advantages of Women

Concluding Comments

Stories as a Way of Knowing

What Makes a Story a Story

What Elements of Experience Come into Stories?

Stories and Their Sources

Stories of Natives, Stories of Migrants

What Stories Disclose

Discourse: Constructs, Dialogues, and Dialogical Research

Part II: A Story of Search and Research

Point of Departure: Joining a Workplace (1982–1990)

In the Beginning: The Department of Family and Community Health (1975–1991)

Research Projects in the Department

Constructing the Role of the Medical Sociologist

Professional Makeup of the Department

Location

Leadership

A Promising Project

The Organization Splits in Two

New Projects, 1991–2011

Launching Screening Programs

Partnerships

Large Case-Control Studies: The Molecular Biology Laboratory

The Familial Cancer Counseling Service

One Focus, Highly Varied Performance

Revisions of Professional Identities

Academic Career Shifts: Life in the Department

Teaching Sociology

Learning: Interventions, Research, and Listening

At a Crossroads

Embarking on New Courses of Study

A Sociologist Studying Biology

The Pilot Study: My Laboratory Project

Doing the Work

Forward to a Dissertation

Trying for a Dissertation Once Again

Lung Cancer Research

Meaning of the Learning Experience

The Making of Biologists

Part III: Construing the Process.-Characterizing the Department as a Work Environment: Structures and Discourse

Encounters in a Changing Work Environment

Scripts and Constructs

Dialogical Encounters and Language Functions

Varieties of Encounters

Scripts and Control

Summarizing Remarks

Revising the Sociologist’s Role: Taking on New Responsibilities

Working with Epidemiologists

The Early Detection of Cancer and Adherence to Recommendations for Screening

Baseline Research Projects: Mammography and FOBT

The PCP Study

Misunderstandings

Participation in the Three-Specializations Conference

Psychosocial Research at the Familial Cancer Counseling Service

Participation in the Establishment of the New Molecular CF35Epidemiology Laboratory on the Roof

Independent Work in the Department

Resolving Puzzles: Theoretical Integration

Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology as a CF35Complex Organization

Discourse: Scripts, Constructs, Conversational Functions

A Climate of Trust

Lea asa Researcher across Disciplines

Epilogue

References

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9789463002981

9463002987

OCLC:

933736873