Tribes and Territories in the 21st Century: Rethinking the significance of disciplines in higher education

What is the significance of disciplines in contemporary higher education? The 10th volume in the ground-breaking International Studies in Higher Educationseries, Tribes and Territories in Higher Education brings the latest thinking together with a new framework for understanding academic practices and research. This volume offers case studies with primary research in the UK, US, South Africa, Finland, and Australia. Topics include: The contemporary significance of disciplinary differences for research, learning and teaching and other areas of higher education across the world. The extent to which disciplinarily in relation to academic practices is being supplanted globally by other organizing principles. The salience of the 'tribes and territories' metaphor and the value of alternative conceptual and theoretical tools. Frameworks for academics, managers and change agents which promise better decisions and actions based on a better understanding of contexts and drivers. Developed through the lens of social practice theory, readers are sure to find that Tribes and Territories in Higher Education offers a fresh and updated view of this pressing topic. This volume'¬"s relevance will spark the interest of university professionals, managers and policy-makers.