Epistemic communities on ethics in knowledge organization field: a literature analysis in the area

Author(s)

Isadora Victorino Evangelista

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Marília. 2021-03-22.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências. Marília
• Defense date: 2021-03-02
• Advisor: José Augusto Chaves Guimarães

Abstract

The ethical studies in Knowledge Organization are in constantly growing, and in the last years, important researches contributed to this universe. Allied to this, the research in epistemic communities, that still incipient in Information Science, but has extremely importance to the studies in scientific colleges. Considering this two factors, asks who is the participants of epistemic community in Ethical in Knowledge Organization? What are their relations and the thematics most worked? The methodology that was used was domain analysis in scientific production in the area. The results was showed using the bibliometrical networks (citation, cocitation and authorship), recognizing the main journals and events in the field, beside the investigation about the paradigms and scientific revolutions occurred in Ethics in Knowledge Organization, using Thomas Kuhn ideas. Based on a search in the databases LISA, KO Literature, Scopus and Web of Science, using terms from Knowledge Organization and Ethical Aspects domains, was retrieved 363 articles subsequently analyzed. Was possible to identify that Hope Olson and Clare Beghtol are the epistemic community biggest leaders; that Knowledge Organization journal and ISKO events are receptive places to share and disseminate ideas about this thematic; also, that the research concerns on that community are about ethical problems in hierarquical classification systems, that presupposes a universal and neutral knowledge representation. As conclusions, the articles published by this community can help as an important theoretical framework to future investigations in the field. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 17/02327-8 - Epistemic communities in ethical in knowledge organization: an literature analysis
• Grantee: Isadora Victorino Evangelista Geroto
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate