Interdisciplinarity: some models from the human sciences

Abstract While the idea of interdisciplinarity ubiquitously signals hope for forms of collaboration that will create new combinations from established expertise, modes of extra-disciplinary endeavour will vary across disciplines. This paper outlines a current debate in interdisciplinary practices to be found in the human sciences. It is written from a UK perspective, where over the last decade or so interest has been fuelled by roles the human sciences accord themselves in the so-called rapprochement between science and society.