title: Whey protein stories - An experiment in writing a multidisciplinary biography.
abstract: This is an experimental, dual-purpose article about whey protein and how to conduct interdisciplinary analyses and writings. On the one hand, this article is a multidisciplinary commodity biography, which consists of five descriptions of whey protein written by the five different research groups involved in the interdisciplinary research project CALM(Counteracting Age-related loss of Skeletal Muscle Mass). On the other hand, it is a meta-analysis, which aims to uncover and highlight examples of how the five descriptions contribute to each other with insights into the contextualisation of knowledge, contrasts between the descriptions and the new dimensions they bring to established fields of interest. The meta-analysis also contains a discussion of interdisciplinary study objects and the usefulness of the multidisciplinary commodity biography as a format for interdisciplinary publications. The article contributes to the field of food studies with a multidisciplinary biography of whey protein - including its sensory qualities and challenges, insights into its cultural history, its nutritional value and effects on the human body and an analysis of how it is perceived by people who consume it. The biography thereby expands upon existing understandings of whey protein while discussing the usefulness of employing the commodity biography format in interdisciplinary writing. Moreover, the article contributes to the field of interdisciplinary research by providing a practical example of a joint publication and reflections upon the existence, interaction and possibilities of monodisciplinary knowledge structures within interdisciplinary studies and publications.
authors: Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: tennaje@hum.ku.dk.
authors: Tenna
authors: T
authors: Jensen
authors: Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Department of Orthopedic Surgery M81, Bispebjerg Hospital, Denmark; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors: Rasmus L
authors: RL
authors: Bechshoeft
authors: Department of Food Science, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.
authors: Davide
authors: D
authors: Giacalone
authors: Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors: Marie Haulund
authors: MH
authors: Otto
authors: Department of Food Science, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors: Josue
authors: J
authors: Castro-Mejía
authors: Department of Food Science, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors: Hajar Fauzan
authors: HF
authors: Bin Ahmad
authors: Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Department of Orthopedic Surgery M81, Bispebjerg Hospital, Denmark; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors: Søren
authors: S
authors: Reitelseder
authors: Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors: Astrid Pernille
authors: AP
authors: Jespersen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D000075762:Interdisciplinary Research; D012107:Research Design; D000067816:Whey Proteins; D014956:Writing
chemical_list: D000067816:Whey Proteins
keywords: CALM project; Interdisciplinarity; Multidisciplinary commodity biography; Study objects; Whey protein