Through the looking-glass: the argument of the "knowledge of the creator" in the context of the information science

Authors

  • Leonardo Vasconcelos Renault UFMG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2007v12n24p32

Keywords:

Information Science, Epistemology, Construtivist Epistemology

Abstract

When recognizing its social characteristics, the Information Science, see himself ahead of a new question: who is the citizens of the knowledge of the area in the Brazilian context? The question for the construction citizen of the knowledge directed to the Information Science, discloses the context of production of that we take as emblematic or paradigmatic today for the area, in the national context. Moreover, the process of construction of this knowledge, the ethical questions and the entailings of being able the one that can be susceptible the Information Science, are argued in the article. Finally, the possibility of alternatives of construction of an image that supports the hibridism between science and technology, ethics and power is presented as possible to lead the actions of the citizens "demiurges" of the area of Information Science.

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Author Biography

Leonardo Vasconcelos Renault, UFMG

Mestrando em Ciência da Informação pela Escola de Ciência da Informação Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (ECI-UFMG)

Published

2007-12-05

How to Cite

RENAULT, Leonardo Vasconcelos. Through the looking-glass: the argument of the "knowledge of the creator" in the context of the information science. Encontros Bibli: revista eletrônica de biblioteconomia e ciência da informação, [S. l.], v. 12, n. 24, p. 32–43, 2007. DOI: 10.5007/1518-2924.2007v12n24p32. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/eb/article/view/1518-2924.2007v12n24p32. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.

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