From cotton weaving to information weaving: organizing 19th century's information explosion

• Grant number: 12/09084-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: November 01, 2012
• End date: August 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Information Science
• Principal Investigator: Johanna Wilhelmina Smit
• Grantee: Luciana Corts Mendes
• Host Institution: Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The industrialization, started in the second half of the 18th century, transformed the whole society; therefore the information world could not be excluded. With the growth of the importance of information for different strata of society, as well as the growth in the production of traditional information resources and the appearance of new ways of recording knowledge, it can be claimed that the 19th century lived an information explosion. This was felt for many different professionals that looked for new methods to organize the chaos in which knowledge records were found, originating, in the transition from 19th century to 20th century, the Bibliographic Movement. It is this movement, its conceptions regarding information, the formation of its ideias, as well as its heritage to contemporary Information Science, that will be the focus of this research.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

MENDES, Luciana Corts. Do tecer do algodão ao tecer da informação: organizando a explosão informacional do século XIX. 2014. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA/SBD) São Paulo.