Postmodernity and postmodern in the theoretical context of periodical literature in Information Science

Abstract

Objective: To recognize conceptions related to the phenomena of postmodernity and postmodernism in the theoretical context of the periodical literature produced by researchers with Research Productivity Scholarships from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development in the field of Information Science in Brazil.
Methodology: the Research Productivity Scholarships researchers in the field of Information Science were identified in August 2023, forming a representative historical picture of the universe made up of 123 researchers in the field; the articles by these authors on the theme nuclearized by the terms postmodernism, postmodernity and their derivatives were selected, within the time frame between 1972 and 2022, and the results obtained were analyzed.
Results: highlights the use of nuclear terms as representative of the object of study present in literature with a diversity of meanings and controversies as to their relevance, especially considering the epistemological pluralism, characteristics and object of the various studies.
Conclusions: Recognizes the potential contribution of this literature to a historical-evolutionary synthesis, in its broadest categories, associated with the epistemological, technological and political dimensions, to the relations of so-called postmodern science with Information Science and archives, in dialogue with the postmodern condition. It draws up a synthesis of these ideas, identifying the main arguments related to the rise of postmodern cultural forms, the emergence of flexible modes of accumulation and the specificities in the literature of the scientific areas, concretized in the researcher's trajectory when selecting and citing, directly or indirectly, the production at their disposal.