This Symposium aims at discussing transdisciplinarity (TD) as an international university chair : 1) TD is beyond and through disciplines, i.e., more than mutltidisciplinarity (many disciplines not interacting) and interdisciplinarity (disciplines in interaction); 2) TD is the dialogue between technoscience (the feedback process between technology and science) and culture (philosophy, tradition, and art); 3) So, TD is the dialectical process between opposites, namely the complementarity principle, which includes disciplinarity vs. TD; 4) This TD approach can be used for concrete problem solving, in public and private organizations, including civil society.

Presentation

The Symposium is organized by the CIRET, an International Center for transdisciplinary studies and research. This event is open not only for CIRET members, but to anyone interested in presenting papers or simply watching. However, CIRET members will have priority. 12 speakers will be chosen by the organizers of the Symposium.

Dates and course of event

• The Symposium will be on March 21-22, 2024, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Paris Time.
• 15 minutes for each speaker: 40-minute panel each day to close the discussions.

Submissions

• Call for papers deadline February 15, 2024.

The interested authors must present the abstract of their proposal in about 10 lines within the deadline, considering what should be a Transdisciplinary chair in theory and practical implementation. Please send to leosgmc@gmail.com with copy to florent.pasquier@gmail.com and marianathieriot@me.com.

12 speakers will be chosen by the organizers of the Symposium.

Guidelines

See the joint file Guidelines_v9.pdf for complete guidelines. Here are some highlights :

• Some transdisciplinary academics don´t understand concretely the idea of technoscience as the interaction and complementarity between technology and science. Those tend to think about the interaction between science and culture as the essence of TD, which is an important point of view, but not complete in terms of TD epistemic forms. So, HPTD-M understands essential for TD to evidence clearly and concretely the concept of technoscience and complementarity, considering that some technics or technologies cannot be demonstrated by science, and have nothing to do with culture.
• An international transdisciplinary chair calls for an effort to establish a philosophical foundation for the human being, capable of going beyond ideologies to provide an ethical, and therefore dialogical and cooperative, basis for human formation. In this sense, I don't think that the idea of a transdisciplinary chair made up of a single subject, however cultured, is relevant or sufficient.

Evaluation

• Mariana Thieriot Loisel., Ph.D., postdoc research in philosophy, sciences, and technologies, member of CIRET.
• Leonardo da Silva Guimarães Martins da Costa, Eng., MBA, independent transdisciplinary theorist (HPTD-M), member of CIRET.