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Publication Date: 2015
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Meeting the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity: Lessons and Issues from the Grey and Pleasant Land Project on Rural Ageing
Hennessy, Catherine H.; Means, Robin
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v39 n2 p195-205 2015
This article reflects on the experience of a large interdisciplinary research team that included geographers in a study of older people's participation in community life in areas of rural Britain. The mechanisms used for facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration around the development of a collective conceptual framework and associated methodologies for investigating aspects of rural community inclusion in later life are outlined. Lessons relevant to geography education learned about the benefits and "messy reality" of interdisciplinary working are highlighted.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Human Geography, Older Adults, Citizen Participation, Community, Rural Areas, Research, Interdisciplinary Approach, Research Methodology, Mixed Methods Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Wales)
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