In today's landscape of complex thinking, the terms interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity function not only as methodological categories but also as contested epistemic horizons, originally emerging as critical responses to the hyper-specialization of scientific knowledge; interdisciplinarity refers to the structured interaction between distinct disciplines while preserving their individual identities, whereas transdisciplinarity seeks a more radical integration, aiming to transcend disciplinary boundaries and reconfigure the very architectures of knowledge production, as seen in programs like “Interdisciplinary Explorations” at the Iméra Institute, which emphasizes the circulation and migration of concepts across diverse fields—from natural sciences to the arts—based on a nomadic logic of knowledge that disrupts conventional academic hierarchies; offering a holistic perspective capable of articulating multilayered systems, making it particularly fertile ground for transdisciplinary approaches, which do not merely aggregate knowledge but weave together different ontological levels, turning the network into a living metaphor of crossing, in-betweenness, and going beyond disciplines; hence, these approaches are not mutually exclusive but reflect varying degrees of conceptual integration, and the key to employing them lies not in rigid definitions but in their operational power within specific contexts of research, education, or artistic creation, as exemplified by academic programs, which value candidates capable of navigating these epistemological tensions through innovative pedagogical proposals that engage the challenges of contemporary thought.
