Justiça epistêmica e organização do conhecimento: perspectivas críticas

Abstract

This paper explores the intersection between epistemic justice and Knowledge Organization (KO) in Information Science. From a critical and decolonial perspective, the text questions the positivist foundations of KO and proposes the Social and Critical Knowledge Organization (SCKO) as an alternative to combat biases and prejudices in Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS). It addresses how the information and knowledge of and about non-Western cultures are often represented in exoticzing ways, marginalizing subaltern voices and can contribute to the invisibility of certain knowledges and perspectives. To overcome these limitations, the article proposes SCKO, which is based on principles such as epistemic justice (Friker, 2023), intersectionality, and cultural warranty.