View of Many researches on academic genres have emphasized the theoretical perspective of disciplinary cultures, seeking to understand how the different areas behave in relation to the conception, use and consumption of the genres that are part of interactions in the academy. However, it is a fact that many of these studies did not establish defining parameters for the constituent elements of a disciplinary culture, that is, they did not make clear the elements that build this concept. Thus, in this article, we aim to present conceptual propositions on the axes that gravitate around the dimension of disciplinary cultures, explaining what is the meaning of epistemic beliefs, disciplinary practices, socio-rhetorical practices and disciplinary communities, essential terms for a more palpable taxonomy of disciplinary cultures. From the dialogue with the theoretical assumptions proposed by Becher (1981, 1987, 2001 [1989]) and Hyland (2000, 2009), we launched, at the end of this work, a conceptual proposition on disciplinary cultures from the perspective of genre analysis.

Return to Article Details Many researches on academic genres have emphasized the theoretical perspective of disciplinary cultures, seeking to understand how the different areas behave in relation to the conception, use and consumption of the genres that are part of interactions in the academy. However, it is a fact that many of these studies did not establish defining parameters for the constituent elements of a disciplinary culture, that is, they did not make clear the elements that build this concept. Thus, in this article, we aim to present conceptual propositions on the axes that gravitate around the dimension of disciplinary cultures, explaining what is the meaning of epistemic beliefs, disciplinary practices, socio-rhetorical practices and disciplinary communities, essential terms for a more palpable taxonomy of disciplinary cultures. From the dialogue with the theoretical assumptions proposed by Becher (1981, 1987, 2001 [1989]) and Hyland (2000, 2009), we launched, at the end of this work, a conceptual proposition on disciplinary cultures from the perspective of genre analysis. Download Download PDF