The multidisciplinary experience: Your degree does not determine you

Abstract

The President Valdas Adamkus Library-Museum hosted a public lecture by Dr Martín Parselis, a technology scientist, educator and artist. Dr. Parselis is a professor at the Catholic University of Argentina and the City University of Buenos Aires, working in the field of technology and society. His research interests include the social evaluation of technology, technological culture and pedagogy, and philosophy of technology. One of his main themes, interdisciplinarity, was the subject of his lecture. The importance of interdisciplinarity, of combining different fields, is also highlighted by the Vytautas Kavolis Interdisciplinary Professorship Programme of Vytautas Magnus University, which is dedicated to the visits of guest lecturers from the Lithuanian diaspora and to strengthening the interdisciplinary approach.