Etnography as a methodological possibility for Information Science

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https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2019.498

Keywords:

Ethnography, Information Science, Research methodology, Qualitative research

Abstract

Objetive. To approach ethnography as a methodological possibility for Information Science. Methodology. Includes review article based on exploratory and bibliographic research. Results. It points out the need of Information Science to insert the individual as the axis of the informational problem, emphasizing the importance of conducting research based on qualitative approaches as a process by which the area can expand its scope of research. In this sense, the ethnography contributes with a perspective that demands of Information Science the concern in highlighting the ordinary experience of the individuals, paying attention to the senses that the individuals attribute to their actions of information. Conclusions. Using ethnography, Information Science can capture the active role of the individual in being or being informed, thus conceiving information as a phenomenon directly related to society and the culture in which it is generated, received, appropriated and disseminated.

Author Biographies

Jefferson Veras Nunes, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC).

Doutor em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP). Professor do Departamento de Ciências da Informação da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)

Bárbara Luisa Ferreira Carneiro, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)

Mestre em Ciência da Informação pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC).

Antonio Wagner Chacon Silva, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC).

Doutor em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). Professor do Departamento de Ciências da Informação da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)

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Nunes, J. V., Carneiro, B. L. F., & Silva, A. W. C. (2020). Etnography as a methodological possibility for Information Science. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (77), 15–26. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2019.498

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