About this book

This historic volume, part of the “Transdisciplinarity Today” collection, is a compilation of contributions presented at the online symposium “For an International Transdisciplinary Chair,” organized by the International Center for Transdisciplinary Research and Studies (CIRET) from March 21-25, 2024, in Paris. The event started the celebration of thirty years since the signing of the “Charter of Transdisciplinarity,” an essential document that has defined the direction of transdisciplinary collaboration and understanding. In this special year, profound gratitude and sincere appreciation are expressed to the members of the drafting committee who contributed to the creation of the “Charter of Transdisciplinarity“: Basarab Nicolescu, Edgar Morin, and Lima de Freitas✝️. Without their tireless work and dedication to the principles of transdisciplinarity, this valuable document would not have existed. They are joined by those who today contribute to modern developments. Over the past thirty years, the principles established in the Charter have inspired numerous initiatives and projects, building bridges between sciences, arts, and humanities, encouraging dialogue and respect for cultural diversity, and cultivating an open and tolerant attitude. The volume emphasizes the importance of transdisciplinarity across various fields, from education and science to economics and law, and further to solving individual and organisational problems. It explores how universities can advance knowledge through transdisciplinary chairs, contributing to the shift in global perspectives and the development of collective wisdom. The work addresses the integration of the economics of care and meaningfulness, as well as the design of a transdisciplinary legal curriculum that combines social, technological, and ethical considerations. Additionally, it proposes a new paradigm for organisational leadership through transdisciplinarity and underscores the importance of human dignity in the education of the future, exploring experiences that blend art and science to transcend conventional boundaries.

E-BOOK. For an International Transdisciplinary Chair About the Dialogue Between Culture and Technoscience. Volume I

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Introduction

TRANSDISCIPLINARITY IN EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

Ana Cecilia ESPINOSA MARTÍNEZ
University Path to Open Knowledge to the Complexity of Life Through a Transdisciplinary Chair

Marc-Williams DEBONO
Transdisciplinary Chair & Human Plasticity

Peter J. WHITEHOUSE
Learning to Change Our World View Creating Symbionic Collective Transdisciplinary Wisdom in the Metacrisis

Samuel Lopes PINHEIRO
Transculturality in Teaching and Learning about and with Nature Towards a Transdisciplinary Pedagogical Paradigm

APPLIED TRANSDISCIPLINARITY IN ECONOMICS AND LAW

Eric CARREY
Economics of Care and Meaningfulness for an International Transdisciplinary Chair

Cristina Elena POPA TACHE, Eduardo Seino WIVIURKA
Designing a Transdisciplinary Legal Curriculum Tailored to Fuse Social, Technological and Ethical Considerations. Elevating the Voice of International Law

TRANSDISCIPLINARITY FOR INDIVIDUAL &
ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING

Roberto CREMA
Understanding: Convergence between Knowing and Being

Leonardo da Silva Guimarães Martins da COSTA
The HPTD-M Proposal for a TD Chair: A Paradigm Shift

Ndubuisi IDEJIORA-KALU
Considering Transdisciplinarity for a New Engineering Systems Science

Debora SANTILLE
Transdisciplinary Chair in the Context of Leadership in Organizations

BEYOND GRAY ZONE: HUMAN MEDIATION

Thomas De KONINCK
The Primacy of Human Dignity as a Central Concern for Education in the Future

Hubert LANDIER
Why We Must Accept the Existence of the Gray Zone Propositions For a TD Chair

Florent PASQUIER, Mariana THIERIOT LOISEL
The Museum Visit: Art and Transdisciplinarity

Mariana THIERIOT LOISEL
Dialogue Between Two Mirrors. Towards Venetian Transdisciplinarity