tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post6005426003039304732..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-17991654147419362302009-04-22T16:06:00.000-05:002009-04-22T16:06:00.000-05:00I'm not sure culturual studies covers many fields ...I'm not sure culturual studies covers many fields in the sense you suggest. It is a field that draws on many disciplines, and sometimes more than one at a time (true interdisciplinarity). Its object of study is culture.<br /><br />The reason I'm uneasy about saying that it is <I>both</I> interdisciplinary and interfieldiary is that I don't think there's a higher order organization of research than field or discipline. It's one of those two, and whatever it is, it is singular.<br /><br />When certain combinations of disciplines stabilize they don't become "interdisciplines". They simply become new disciplines.<br /><br />I think it is best not to think of yourself as fielded or disciplined, but a particular study.<br /><br />Suppose you do a study of Blake and Whitman. It's not a two-field study (American and British literatures). It's just a study in the field of comp lit.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.com