Interdisciplinary Labor

This reflection explores the anxiety and physical sensations felt by some scholars when navigating interdisciplinary research. The author describes personally experienced physical and emotional challenges faced during collaborative research, emphasizing the lack of common language and knowledge, and arguing for greater acknowledgment of these embodied experiences. The aim is to foster more honest and productive interdisciplinary dialogues, highlighting the importance of addressing emotional and physical responses to being able to succeed in collaborative research settings. Funding AcknowledgementThis work was supported by Riksbankens jubileumsfond (grant #MXM19-1161:1), to whom thanks are noted. Exchanges Discourse Podcast Researcher Vulnerability and Physical Impacts: In Conversation with Mia-Marie Hammarlin [39:30]