For a decolonial social epistemology

Abstract The visualization of Information Science as a postmodern science must aim at overcoming borderline dominant models, surpassing simplistic methodological impasses, and covering complex phenomena. In this regard, the article is inserted in the epistemological discussions, selecting social epistemology and decolonial thought as its themes. Its purpose is to identify the possible convergences between decolonial thought and social epistemology and, based on that, to propose, in an essay-like way, a decolonial social epistemology. In the methodological aspect, this is an exploratory, qualitative, and bibliographic research. The technical procedure for the analysis of the bibliography took place using a non-probabilistic approach, by judgment. The main result of this article is the construction of a historical and epistemological panorama that makes possible the approximation of thematics that, although produced in different contexts and interests, converge in a common objective: that of constituting a social, democratic epistemic field and that does not disregard the different subjects of knowledge. Thus, the reflections that combine the proposal of social epistemology with the decolonial thought or movement may bring theoretical panoramas and perspectives closer to the professional practice and research aimed at the 21st century informational context.

摘要：将信息科学（Information Science）作为后现代科学开展可视化研究，其核心目标应在于突破主流边界模型的桎梏，超越简化的方法论僵局，并涵摄各类复杂现象。有鉴于此，本文聚焦于认识论领域的相关讨论，选取社会认识论（social epistemology）与去殖民思想（decolonial thought）作为研究主题。本文旨在探明去殖民思想与社会认识论之间可能存在的契合点，并以此为基础，以随笔式论述方式提出一种去殖民化社会认识论。在方法论层面，本研究属于探索性、质性文献研究。文献分析的技术流程采用了非概率性的判断抽样法。本文的核心研究成果是构建了一份历史与认识论全景，借此得以将虽产生于不同语境与研究旨趣，但拥有共同目标的各类主题加以关联：该共同目标即构建一个社会层面的、民主的认识论场域，且不会忽视各类不同的知识主体。因此，将社会认识论的构想与去殖民思想或运动相结合的相关反思，可使相关理论全景与研究视角更贴近面向21世纪信息语境的专业实践与学术研究。