Design Entry 4 Prompt

Thinking about disciplinarity (mono-, multi-, inter-, and trans-) (300-500 words)

Use the Leavy reading to think about your co-op; apply the concepts we’ve discussed with regard to diciplinarity-multi-inter-transdisciplinarity to characterize the work you and others undertook at this workplace. Listed below are a few questions to spur your thinking, feel free to address them directly or not.

  • What kind of workplace were you involved in? What kinds of ‘problems’ did you (or the wider organzation) undertake?
  • What other disciplines were represented by your peers? Your coworkers? What level of interaction and integration were present between and amongst different disciplines?
  • Is this the kind of work you see yourself doing when you graduate and enter the workforce? Why or why not?

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