INFORMATIONAL PRACTICES AND ANTI-RACIST PRAXIS

CONTRIBUTIONS OF QUILOMBAGEM TO INFORMATION SCIENCE

Abstract

This study analyzes the articulation between information practices in Information Science (IS) and the category of praxis, based on contributions from quilombagem and Brazilian Black social thought. The objective is to investigate how anti-racist praxis can expand the understanding of informational actions within the social paradigm of the field. Methodologically, an exploratory bibliographical research was conducted through searches in BRAPCI, ENANCIB, and SciELO, dialogically analyzing the theoretical framework of IS alongside formulations by Clóvis Moura, Sueli Carneiro, and Paulo Freire. The study demonstrates that, while information practices overcome mechanical behavioral views, it is necessary to incorporate political intentionality against asymmetries caused by racism. Based on quilombagem, dimensions such as critical disalienation, informational counter-regimes, community knowledge management, and epistemic resistance through oral tradition are outlined. It concludes that quilombola praxis redefines information practices as situated political actions of narrative dispute, confrontation of epistemicide, and social transformation.