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The vanguard of science has always been populated with young visionaries, those individuals who are motivated by impossibility and undaunted by failure, who operate and lead in a world in which cross-pollination and the synthesis of ideas are the norm. Seed’s Revolutionary Minds series features profiles of theses young innovators that are changing our world, moving us forward by asking the unasked questions. They revolutionize how science exists and operates, ensuring a better, more fulfilling, scientific future for us all.

Greg J. Smith is a Toronto-based designer with an active interest in the intersection of space and media. He authors Serial Consign, a blog dedicated to digital culture and information design and is a regular contributor to Rhizome. Greg co-edits the art and technology journal Vague Terrain and is currently working on several writing and design projects focused on the representation of urban space.

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Scrutinizing Cross-Disciplinary Practice

Category: Boundaries of science
Posted on: October 2, 2009 12:03 PM, by Greg J. Smith

Our Rev Minds have told us how they think the lens of science can help to solve global problems and speculated about the prospects for cross-disciplinary research. We posed the Revolutionary Minds the final question:

What cross-disciplinary approaches have you seen work for your field and why? When is a cross-disciplinary approach not appropriate?

Look for their answers to be landing here over the next four weeks.