Book, documents and intentionalities: a thematic visualization in Brazilian literature in Information Science journals

ABSTRACT

Introduction:

This research revisits Eduardo Murguia's thesis that books and, in a broader sense, documents are symbolic objects beyond recorded information and is guided by Rodrigo Rabello's argument that such objects carry with them intentionalities attributed to contexts and dimensions of institutionality and materiality.

Objective:

To explore studies on the attribution of intentionality to objects as a subsidy to demonstrate aspects of the multidimensionality of the materiality of the book and the document.

Methodology:

The theoretical framework has contributions from authors who deal with the intentionality attributed to objects within the scope of historiographical, documentalist and phenomenological knowledge, serving as a basis to bring light to the mapping of Base de Dados de Periódicos em Ciência da Informação (BRAPCI).

Results:

It was possible to observe that the mapped texts treat the book and the document as symbolic objects, with cultural, social, memory values, among others.

Conclusion:

The different notions of intentionality identified contribute to visualizing the attribution of values by subjects in a social and institutional context, something that helps to observe the dimensions of materiality of objects.

KEYWORDS:
Book; Document; Intentionality; Materiality; Voyant Tools