Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies

Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies
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Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies
Part 1: Research Design
My Primary Area of Study (AOS) is Public Administration & Culture Aspects in Health Behavior. This research topic is a complex one because both public administration and culture aspects are intricate endeavors and phenomena by themselves. Public administration deals with a complex environment with various actors included while culture as a “system” entails numerous facets that interact with one another to result in different behaviors. Consequently, an interdisciplinary approach combining psychology, economics, sociology, and anthropology is necessary to understand how the two components impact healthcare to improve public health efforts. My Secondary AOS is Communication Theory & Practices & History of Slavery & Servitude of the Western World. This too is a complex topic in that communication is not only interactive but is also personal and cultural while the history of slavery and servitude of the Western World is tied with trade, empire, colonization and Eurocentric knowledge. Consequently, an interdisciplinary approach combining history, sociology, economy, and anthropology is necessary to understand how the two components relate to the modern world, including healthcare.
Part 2: Working Bibliography
Caruana, R., Crane, A., Gold, S., & LeBaron, G. (2020). Modern Slavery in Business: The Sad and Sorry State of a Non-Field. Business & Society, 60(2), 000765032093041. https://doi.org/10.1177/0007650320930417
This source is imperative to my secondary area of study because it elaborates on the history of modern slavery research in business and management, the potential shortcomings, and the likely future deviations that might develop in the subdiscplinaries of business and management. Modern slavery refers to certain forms of extreme exploitation such as indentured slavery, forced labor, human trafficking, debt bondage, and servitude. The author takes an in-depth analysis of the phenomenon in business and management by investigating theoretical developments in the business and management subdisciplines as well as broader disciplines outside the same. This source will be important to understanding how various subdisciplines have tackled modern slavery, the drawbacks of these studies, along with future trends in scholarship of the topic.
Chambers, G. (2017). The Transatlantic Slave Trade and Origins of the African Diaspora in Texas. Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture. /tiphc/research-projects/the-diaspora-coming-to-texas/the-transatlantic-slave-trade-and-origins-of-the-african-diaspora-in-texas/
This source is critical to my secondary area of study because it examines the transatlantic slave trade and geneses of the African diaspora in Texas. The latter has a history that goes beyond Jim Crow laws to include various social, cultural, political, and economic realities that have often excluded discussions related to slavery. It is therefore a critical resource in revealing the events before and during colonial Latin America and the Caribbean in re...