For those of you who thought the discussion of "transdisciplinary" was pernicious trolling I admit to an ignorance that was fostered by years of using a similar word in common usage. "Interdisciplinary". At the risk of being condescending to you all, my research, led me to an understanding of transdisciplinary as more than a creative change of prefix. This research le me to the writings of Basarab Nicolescu who is president of Centre International de Recherches et d'Etudes Transdisciplinaires (CIRET). In reading his work and the charter of the organization, I have come to understand there are some important distinctions between "transdisciplinary" and "interdisciplinary" particularly and it applies to science, research and empirical methods. It is also important to discussions of whether "Internet studies" is a discipline and what methodologies are considered real scholarship in the context of academia. I invite you to read the charter of this organization and related works and draw you own conclusions. I would appreciate your comments. http://nicol.club.fr/ciret/english/indexen.htm http://nicol.club.fr/ciret/english/charten.htm http://nicol.club.fr/ciret/english/projen.htm http://www.learndev.org/dl/nicolescu_f.pdf I have been unable to find a clearly defined methodology associated with this point of view. Could anyone point me to such a work. Dillhole _____ Dr. W. Reid Cornwell The Center For Internet Research P.O. Box 6369 Breckenridge, CO 720.212.0719 (phone) 970.485.5109 (mobile) <mailto:wrc@tcfir.org> wrc@tcfir.org http://tcfir.org