Critical perspectives to the sociology of science in Pierre Bourdieu and Terry Shinn: contributions to an information science's pluralist perception of the disciplinary field

Abstract

Objective: It aims to propose ways of identifying and categorizing scientific agents/institutions related to Information Science in Brazil aligned to the organization of science’s critical perspective of the pluralist perception.
Methodology: It is guided by the exploratory search for information concerning the pluralist perception of the organization of science, as well as the development of alternative application models, expanding knowledge of a specific theoretical domain. The study is developed in a descriptive and propositive scope, aiming to present solid elements of the pluralist perception of the organization of science in the institutionalization of a specific disciplinary field, namely, Information Science in Brazil.
Results: It develops and presents, following the basic theoretical and correlational foundations of application (Information Science), alternative models of analysis that offer concrete possibilities for observing the production and communication regimes of science, responsible for the pluralist view of the organization and scientific development (disciplinary regime, utilitarian regime, transitional regime and transversal regime).
Conclusion: The respective proposals enhance guidelines for the interlocutors of this document for various analyzes, depending on the interest in the multidiversified domains present in the disciplinary field of Information Science. The validation of this study suggests possibilities for verifying the production and circulation regimes of science in different contexts in the disciplinary field of Information Science, as well as in other disciplinary fields.