Epistemologies and anti-epistemologies of Information Science

• Grant number: 13/02426-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: June 01, 2013
• End date: November 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Information Science - Library and Information Science
• Principal Investigator: Marivalde Moacir Francelin
• Grantee: Marivalde Moacir Francelin
• Host Institution: Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project has objective analyze of the epistemological theories in the knowledge's contemporary configurations. Its hypothesis is the absence of relations between these configurations and the teaching and research in Information Science. Exploratory and descriptive research, based in documents, with qualitative and quantitative analysis. (AU)