Interdisciplinarité de la recherche : subjectivité du chercheur et confusion des langues

Abstract

ContextClinical research on, for, or with physicians engages the doctoral student in Psychology on the question of interdisciplinarity. Just like the gap between the “dreamed” or “fantasized” field and the “reality of the field” with which the researched is confronted, “doing interdisciplinarity” does not simply consist in gathering various researchers around the same table; it implies, for the researcher, a complex psychological treatment of the dialogue in construction between the different subjects of research, at different steps of research process. AimsThe present work aims to consider communicational issues between the different “subjects of research” while setting up a project in clinical psychology, as part of a collaboration between physicians, researchers in psychology, and psychoanalysts working in a hospital. MethodFrom my own experience during this first year as a doctoral student, I would like to share my impressions and questions about how these different “interdisciplinary spaces of communication” have gradually become another aspect of my work this year, in some ways significantly impacting my ability to invest in my research. Thus, beyond the crucial pluri/inter/transdisciplinary communicational concerns that are inevitable in research in human and social sciences, I will focus on both the “translation” work and on the psychological treatment this interdisciplinary dialogue requires of a doctoral student in Psychology committed to qualitative research with physicians. Conclusion“Doing interdisciplinarity” does not only involve looking for points of contact between disciplines, but also involves maintaining spaces for disparity in order to exist as subjects in our research, involved in a spirited dialogue with our psychologist and physician colleagues.