Alff, Henryk ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2577-0928 and Hornidge, Anna-Katharina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9599-4348 (2018) ‘Transformation’ in International Development Studies: Across Disciplines, Knowledge Hierarchies and Oceanic Spaces. In: Building Development Studies for the New Millennium. , ed. by Baud, I, Basile, E, Kontinen, T and Itter, S. EADI Global Development Series . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 141-161. ISBN 978-3-030-04051-2 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04052-9_7.

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Abstract

The field of Transformation Studies has brought forward a number of conceptual and methodological lines of thought for grasping these processes of sociocultural, political-economic and ecological change. The chapter discusses how transformation studies challenge the established organisation of scientific knowledge production by applying inter- and transdisciplinary thinking. It also scrutinises the contribution of Transformation Studies to challenging the ‘West and the Rest’ rationale by drawing attention towards dynamic social interaction rather than container spaces in area-based knowledge production. The chapter then seeks to address framing principles for living with global change processes, engaging with what has been labelled as future studies. Finally, we sketch out the study of oceanic spaces as a promising field for rethinking established notions of space, development and knowledge production.

Document Type:	Book chapter
Programme Area:	PA Not Applicable
Research affiliation:	Social Sciences > Development and Knowledge Sociology
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04052-9_7
ISSN:	2947-8529
Date Deposited:	01 Jul 2019 10:58
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2025 15:03
URI:	https://cris.leibniz-zmt.de/id/eprint/2233

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