Room A7-209.

Nicolas Proulx, candidate to the Masters degree in law at the University of Sherbrooke, will host a discussion entitled “The Objectivity of the Researcher: External Disciplines as a Distancing Tool”. Here is the abstract: “Law can be political. Furthermore, we are all at times both citizens and researchers. If certain research topics in law are less controversial, others, due to their proximity with the political, ignite passions. The art of interdisciplinarity, when successfully mobilized, can constitute a tool to attain a certain level of objectivity that is necessary and sufficient for scientific research. Following a presentation/discussion format, I propose to firstly return to Professor Louise Lalonde’s article “L’interdisciplinarité comme «contextes», quels usages de l’Autre?”, in order to identify the different interdisciplinary dynamics possible. Then, I will reframe them through exposing my own personal process in relation to the possible uses of interdisciplinarity, using the concrete example of objectivization through the discipline of political philosophy in the context of my research on the different immigration integration models in Quebec and Canada.

In order to prepare the discussion, we invite the participants to read the following texts :

- Lalonde, L. (2016) «L'interdisciplinarité comme 'contextes', quels usages de l'autre?", dans G. Azzaria (dir.), Actes des 4e et 5e Journées d'étude sur la méthodologie et l'épistémologie juridiques, Cowansville, Yvon Blais, sous presse.

- Kymlicka, Will, La Citoyenneté multiculturelle, Montréal, Les Éditions du Boréal, 2001, aux pp. 9 à 16, 113 ;

- Schnapper, Dominique, Qu’est-ce que la citoyenneté?, Paris, Folio, 2000, aux pp. 9 à 17, 79-80.