Reapropiación del conocimiento y descolonización: el acceso abierto como proceso de acción política del sur

This article analyses the idea that the dominant scientic communication model entails a form of coloniality of knowledge as described by a group of Latin American social scientists from the late twentieth century, including A. Escobar, E. Dussel, and S. Castro Gomez. This form of coloniality of know...

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Published inRevista colombiana de sociología Vol. 39; no. 2; p. 69
Main Authors Aguado-López, Eduardo, Esther Juliana Vargas Arbeláez
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Bogota Universidad Nacional de Colombia 01.07.2016
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Knowledge
Online data bases
Social research
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Summary:This article analyses the idea that the dominant scientic communication model entails a form of coloniality of knowledge as described by a group of Latin American social scientists from the late twentieth century, including A. Escobar, E. Dussel, and S. Castro Gomez. This form of coloniality of knowledge can be subverted by strengthening the practice of knowledge circulation known as Open Access. The paper undertakes an analysis of scientic publication in Latin America and the Caribbean. We conclude from this analysis that scientic production in this area is underrepresented in databases such as Journal Citation Report (jcr) and Scientic Journal Ranking (sjr). Following this analysis we reassess the presence of Latin American social science in other databases such as SciELO and Redalyc. We do so using Agambens category of dipositif alongside that of coloniality of knowledge. These two theoretical elements contribute to the political meaning of Open Access in Latin America and the Caribbean. Open Access thus constitutes a political move towards decolonization and the reappropriation of knowledge, allowing the return of publicly-funded research.
ISSN:0120-159X
2256-5485