Academic Production in Brazil on Information Science: a study based on Habermas's Theory of Knowledge
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Information Science. ENANCIB. Knowledge Theory. Jürgen Habermas.Abstract
Information Science has searched for elements from other sciences in order to expand its understanding of its main object of study: information. It is important to analyze how the process of theoretical construction has been taking place. Our objective is to evaluate the condition of Information Science in Brazil using proceedings from one of its most important events, the ENANCIB, in the years that range from 2003 to 2009, having as our theoretical foundation Jürgen Haberman’s knowledge theory. This work can be considered as a documental research in which a qualitative approach of interpretative nature prevails. Among other findings, it was possible to determine that nearly 91% of all papers present a technical interest, while practical interests represent nearly 8% and emancipatorial interests represent only 1% of all papers. It was also possible to verify a strong tendency to use technical methods, underestimating the practical and emancipatorial interests that consider and enhance the presence of different social actors.Downloads
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Copyright (c) 2014 André Felipe de Albuquerque Fell, Luciane Paula Vital, Murilo Artur Araújo da Silveira, Fabio Assis Pinho, Anna Elizabeth Galvão Coutinho Correia
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