Course in English   |  FK13  |  Munich University of Applied Sciences

SUBJECT 

Throughout the 20th century, the need to break down the walls that separate the specialities in which knowledge is forged has become progressively clearer. Specialization as a privileged mode of knowledge production was the architect of great achievements of modernity; however, it has accumulated problems that are imperceptible to the specialised gaze. In the 21st century, we know that global challenges such as climate and ecological balance, peace, poverty… – even when we are just addressing local issues – require considering the many factors that participate in the solution. For this, it is necessary to study reality and to confront it in a multi-perspectivistic and synthetic manner, beyond the analytical view that has fostered the development of “linear and reductionist models”, woven in the looms of specialised disciplines since the beginning of modernity. This necessity has motivated that educational and scientific policies have focused for decades on building interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary scientific-technical strategies, particularly promoted by international institutions.