Reflections: Presentations
Here you'll find presentations from our collaborators and contributors where they reflect on past experiences derived from collaborations across disciplines.
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WATCH: Sanne Taekema: On the fence: legal researchers between practices and disciplines
Sanne聽Taekema聽is a聽Professor聽at the聽Faculty of Law听补迟听鲍颈叠听补苍诲听聽in Rotterdam.聽In this presentation, she describes how legal doctrinal scholars聽sit聽on the fence between practice and discipline. She makes the point that legal scholars are first and foremost trained for practice, not as academics and researchers.聽聽
Doctrinal scholars often find research questions in practices that challenge the coherence and certainty of law. Interdisciplinary聽comes聽from an interest in law in context, and how聽law functions in society.聽
Taekema聽gives an聽example of an environmental聽case that in one way is about strictly legal questions聽(can NGOs hold oil companies to account for climate change?)聽but聽could also be explored from other angles (how do civic actors use law to pursue political or social claims?).聽聽聽聽
She concludes by describing聽specific approaches to interdisciplinary research in law.聽
Presentation by Sanne Taekema: On the fence: legal researchers between practices and disciplines
LISTEN: Mikkel Rytter: What legal researchers should know about anthropological methods
What do lawyers need to know about anthropology? In this presentation from the project's first workshop, Professor gives a concise and engaging overview of the field of anthropology.
Presentation by Mikkel Rytter: What legal researchers should know about anthropological methods
WATCH: Reflections on interdisciplinary research experience
In this webinar, hosted by the , Professors and discuss opportunities and challenges derived from interdisciplinary research.
Professor Farahat's presentation gives tips on how to develop an interdisciplinary research design either as an individual researcher (the 'lonesome interdisciplinary cowgirl') or as part of a team. She suggests concrete tools to foster exchange and disseminate research results, and emphasizes the importance of reconciling divergent conceptual meanings in a field by being sensitive to the stereotypes and presumptions underpinning the use of specific terms (i.e. 'refugee').
Professor Foblets, meanwhile, stressed the dilemmas for anthropologists participating in legal practice related to confidentiality, vulnerability, and informed consent. She also points out that an anthropologist's inductive approach, and recognition of the plurality of sources of binding rules for a society, can lead to misunderstandings with legal practitioners who, naturally, are concerned with state-centered normativity.
Highly recommended!
