BIBLIOMETRIC MAPPING: THE MULTISENSORY ROOM AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

SALA MULTISSENSORIAL E GESTÃO DO CONHECIMENTO

Abstract

The Knowledge Management has proven to be highly relevant and widely used, especially in enabling environments that allow for the creation, sharing, use, and application of knowledge in different contexts. In the educational context, when it comes to inclusion, multisensory rooms, also known as Snoezelen environments, stand out for providing sensory experiences, interaction, and learning, characterizing them selves as an enabling physical space. Given that these terms appear frequently, albeit in isolation, in the literature, the objective of this research is to conduct a bibliometric mapping and present a relational overview between the multisensory room and knowledge management. The methodological approach used was quantitative, employing bibliometric techniques with the aid of the Bibliometrix package for processing data collected from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The results show a gap to be addressed, as there is little research proposing such a relationship; it was also possible to understand that these are emerging themes with room for further debate. It can be concluded that research that somehow considers the multisensory room as an environment for interaction and learning tends not to make such a connection with the characteristics and principles of Knowledge Management. Therefore, it is hoped that the findings of this bibliometric mapping can contribute to future research and broaden the debate.