Issues in Interdisciplinarity 2020-21

Welcome

Hello and welcome to the Wikibook Issues in Interdisciplinarity 2020-21.

This book is collaboratively written by students at University College London (UCL) taking the module 'Approaches to Knowledge', a first-year undergraduate module that forms part of the core of the Arts and Sciences degree programme.

The book is split into four sections, covering four common issues facing those conducting interdisciplinary work:

• History
• Evidence
• Truth
• Power

Each chapter explores how one of these issues might play out in an actual example of interdisciplinary work.

Potential readers may range from stakeholders in interdisciplinary education (e.g. educators or policy-makers) to students thinking of pursuing an interdisciplinary degree programme, either at UCL or elsewhere.

This book is a sequel to the previous Wikibooks Issues in Interdisciplinarity 2018-19 and Issues in Interdisciplinarity 2019-20.

Any interested parties can contact the module convenors, James Everest and Tim Jordan, for further information. Contact details are available on the UCL Arts and Sciences departmental webpage.

Contents

History

• Sample chapter
• Is Modest Clothing Constrained by Social Norms or is it the Manifestation of Individual Freedom?
• Media and Politics in the Dreyfus Affair
• Issue of History in Human-Ocean Relations

Evidence

• Evidence in Racial Inequality in the US Education System
• Evidence in the fight against anti-vaccine movements
• Evidence in "The Resource Curse" and democratic instability in Africa
• Evidence in the Research and Diagnosis of Depression
• Evidence in Mindfulness and personal development
• Evidence in Video Games being a factor of Adolescent Violence
• Evidence in the Propagation of Digital Fake News
• Evidence in Tariffs
• Evidence in the Production and Consumption of the Palm Oil Boom
• Evidence in Measuring Workplace Happiness
• Evidence in the Plastic Continent
• Evidence in the World Happiness Report
• Evidence in the Development and Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorders
• Evidence in The Plastic Continent
• Evidence in Transgenderism
• Evidence in Intelligence Testing
• Evidence in Hormonal Contraception
• Evidence in Effectiveness of Lockdown
• Evidence in the Euthanasia of Dementia Patients
• Evidence in Time Perception
• Evidence in the French Security Law
• Evidence in the Medicinal usage of Cannabis
• Evidence of Human Intelligence

Truth

• Truth in "The Crown"
• Truth in censorship of women's bodies on social media
• Truth in the definition of Gender
• Truth in 21st century advertising
• Truth in Euthanasia in the Netherlands
• Truth in virginity
• Truth in Punishment and The Panopticon
• Truth in Body Image
• Truth in Pain
• Truth in Greenwashing
• Truth in Explanations for the Rise of Human Monogamy
• Truth in Conspiracy Theories: Flat Earth
• Truth in Free Will
• Truth in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
• Truth in Biological Definitions of Race and Implications in Black Maternal Care
• Truth in the Stanford Prison Experiment
• Truth in the Creation of Music
• Truths in Minimal Wage
• Truth in gender wage-gap in 1991-1995 Russia

Power

• The power of Christianity in modern society
• Power in Sex Education
• Power in the anti-vaccine movement
• Power of Gender and Sex in Sport
• Power in Contraception
• Power in Cosmetic Surgery
• Lights will Guide You Home: The Sociological and Environmental Impact of Light in Cities
• Power of the West in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Power in the Tragedy of the Commons: Overfishing
• Power in the Legalisation of Cannabis
• Power in Contact Tracing Apps
• Sovereign Power in the Crimean Peninsula: Approaches from International Relations and Law
• Power in tax policies