A abordagem clínica da informação e o paradigma indiciário: contribuições metodológicas de um diálogo para a introdução da dimensão do imaginário como tema na pesquisa das práticas informacionais em ciência da informação

Abstract

In this descriptive study based on documentary research, the first study developed in the Clinical Approach of Information is reevaluated from the perspective of the Evidential Paradigm and suggested as an alternative to mediate the dialogue between this paradigm and the investigations from the perspective of informational practices. The aspects which define the approach are presented and analyzed according to a theory of the paradigm that describes it as an extension of the practice of medical semiology. An approximation to the action of the researcher in the approach is seeked, with the perspective adopted in the studies of information practices. The original study is presented in summary form. Based on the evidence and findings collected in it, the contribution of this approach to Information Science, the idea that studies based on the apprehension of the imaginary can give a new depth to the studies in this field and the requirements that the adoption of this change of posture would entail on the education of the researchers are evaluated.