How many ways are there to measure a tree? – an experiment in cross-disciplinarity
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Pahl, K., Ambreen, S., Badwan, K., Carr, S., Cooper, D., Curtis, E., Davenport, I., Hackett, A., Kraftl, P., Lawrence, P., Lines, E., Nguyễn, D.C., Nunn, C., Pool, S., Rowntree, J., Schofield, E., Siebers, J. and Vergunst, J. 2025. How many ways are there to measure a tree? – an experiment in cross-disciplinarity. Research For All. 9 (1). https://doi.org/10.14324/rfa.09.1.04
Type | Article |
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Title | How many ways are there to measure a tree? – an experiment in cross-disciplinarity |
Authors | Pahl, K., Ambreen, S., Badwan, K., Carr, S., Cooper, D., Curtis, E., Davenport, I., Hackett, A., Kraftl, P., Lawrence, P., Lines, E., Nguyễn, D.C., Nunn, C., Pool, S., Rowntree, J., Schofield, E., Siebers, J. and Vergunst, J. |
Abstract | This article takes a transdisciplinary approach to a relatively simple-sounding task – tree measuring. It asks the question, ‘How many ways are there to measure a tree?’, in order to provoke a discussion of our different ways of knowing. It attempts to engage a reader in thinking about disciplines and what they do. It does so by sharing insights from a project in which diverse scholars, practitioners and children came together for the common purpose of producing engaged knowledge. The experience of reading the article should prompt questions about whose knowledge counts and why, and the value of university research that is engaged and grounded. We conclude with a question of what kinds of measurements matter and why. The article takes the reader through different disciplinary perspectives, from science to social science to poetry, and, in that process, engages with the ‘how’ of disciplines in terms of real-world problems. |
Sustainable Development Goals | 4 Quality education |
17 Partnerships for the goals | |
Middlesex University Theme | Creativity, Culture & Enterprise |
Publisher | UCL Press |
Journal | Research For All |
ISSN | |
Electronic | 2399-8121 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 31 Mar 2025 |
31 Mar 2025 | |
Publication process dates | |
Submitted | 22 Jun 2023 |
Accepted | 29 Nov 2024 |
Deposited | 31 Mar 2025 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | 2025, Kate Pahl, Samyia Ambreen, Khawla Badwan, Simon Carr, David Cooper, Elizabeth Curtis, Ian Davenport, Abigail Hackett, Peter Kraftl, Peter Lawrence, Emily Lines, David Cường Nguyê˜n, Caitlin Nunn, Steve Pool, Jennifer Rowntree, Ed Schofield, Johan Siebers and Jo Vergunst. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited • DOI: https://doi.org/10.14324/RFA.09.1.04 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.14324/rfa.09.1.04 |
Language | English |
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