Call for papers Special Issue "Knowledge and Globalization: epistemic, social and material dimensions"

This dossier addresses the idea that, in historical terms, the production and circulation of knowledge are linked to the establishment of communication processes that often involve coercion, silencing, and social, economic, gender, or racial inequality. Throughout the process of globalisation, which began at the beginning of the Modern Age, the boundaries of the contexts in which knowledge is produced, circulated, and received have expanded rapidly, contributing decisively to essential changes in the social and economic organisation that existed
during this period, and with an impact on the long term.
The theoretical framework proposed for this issue is related to the recent expansion of the scope of the History of Science and, above all, to the broadening of its horizons, which has been consolidated throughout the 21st century and has been reinvigorated in recent decades by the inclusion and affirmation of new perspectives on the History of Knowledge. Reconfiguring the axes and redefining the scales and orientations of historical narratives gives knowledge and
material culture the centrality of these reflections that have been written in an increasingly verticalised way, allowing them to take on the protagonism traditionally experienced by certain actors and spaces and their respective cultures, ideas, and science. Therefore, the recent theoretical-methodological renewal of the discipline is establishing itself as fertile ground for
research that aims to reflect on the decentralisation of the processes involved in the construction and circulation of knowledge, objects, and materials. From a fundamentally historical perspective, which recognises experiences as contingent on circumstances, this dynamic has been seen as an essentially communicative practice. The notion that the knowledge produced and circulated is the result of numerous and diverse variables closely linked to the establishment of communication practices guides the construction of this thematic issue
proposal. The central hypothesis is that the production, circulation, dissemination, and
assimilation of knowledge are essentially marked by the action of a wide range of agents who set up and kept active the networks of communication, exchange, and trade over the long term.
Based on this idea, we invite the academic community to submit proposals connected to global flows of knowledge production and circulation, focusing on their epistemic, social, and material aspects.

Guest Editors:

Dr. Gisele C. Conceição (CITCEM/Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Dr. Julianna Morcelli Oliveros (Archivo Historico del Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina)

Submission dealine:  manuscripts can be submitted until October 10th., 2024
Review process ends: until November 30th, 2024
Special Issue Publication (expected):  Feb.-Apr. 2025.