(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2007) Navakas, Francine; Fiscella, Joan
This call to self reflection arising out of the keynote presentation invites readers
to encounter and participate in the practice of the integrated scholar--a path across borders
and boundaries often considered "outside" of formal learning. Propelled by a traumatic head
injury that challenged cognitive abilities, this author's journey across physical, geographic, and
cognitive borders has resonance for the study of integrative learning and practice--a dynamic
process characterized by constant interaction and negotiation, recognition and surprise, and
response to invited and uninvited callings from unexpected sources. At its core is mystical
realism, an engagement with one's experience that involves suspending reliance on the surface
boundaries for validation of what is possible and wise.