LINGUISTIC HOSPITALITY AND EPISTEMIC JUSTICE IN THE CATALOGING-IN PUBLICATION RECORD IN THE AMAZON

REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES

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Keywords:

cataloging-in-publication, linguistic hospitality, epistemic justice, information representation, Indigenous and Quilombola knowledge

Abstract

This research analyzes how cataloging-in-publication records can accommodate or erase knowledge, languages, and forms of community authorship in records concerning Indigenous peoples and quilombola communities in the Amazon, considering cataloging as a discursive practice. Methodologically, this is a qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study, based on document analysis and discourse analysis, conducted on four selected cataloging records. The cases analyzed indicate the predominance of generic terms, the exclusion of cultural expressions and local toponyms, the lack of recognition of collective authorship, and the asymmetric translation of community knowledge into academic and technical-institutional categories. It is concluded that CIP records can produce documentary visibility without epistemic recognition, contributing to linguistic and epistemological erasures. Finally, guidelines are proposed for more hospitable cataloging practices that are sensitive to the plurality of Amazonian knowledge systems.

Author Biographies

  • Eddie Carlos Saraiva da Silva, Federal University of Para

    Ph.D. candidate in Information Science at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA); Master’s candidate in Communication, Culture, and the Amazon at UFPA; Master’s degree in Information Science from UFPA; Bachelor’s degree in Library Science from UFPA; Member of the Research Group on the Organization and Representation of Knowledge and Information in the Amazon (ORCI Amazônia); of the Research and Study Group on School Policy and Management (GEPPEGE); of the MensureLab Research Group—Laboratory for Metric Studies of Information and Evaluation of Public Policies in Science, Technology, and Innovation (CT&I) for the development of the Legal Amazon; and of the Research Group on Information and Knowledge Management in the Amazon, both accredited by CNPq.  Librarian at the Vale Technological Institute, Belém, Pará.

  • Surama Maria Oliveira Andrade, Federal University of Para

    Master’s candidate in Information Science at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA); Specialist in Library Science from IBRA; Bachelor’s degree in Library Science from UFPA; Bachelor’s degree in Geography from Faculdade Integrada Brasil Amazônia (FIBRA). Member of the Research and Study Group on School Policy and Management (GEPPEGE) (UFPA).

  • Gilberto Gomes Cândido, Federal University of Para

    Bachelor’s degree in Archival Science from the Júlio de Mesquita Filho State University of São Paulo (UNESP) (2010), Master’s degree in Information Science from UNESP (2014), Ph.D. in Information Science from UNESP (2020). He is currently an Adjunct Professor in the School of Archival Science and the Graduate Program in Information Science at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). He completed his postdoctoral research through the Graduate Program in Information Science at the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (IBICT)/School of Communication at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Eco-UFRJ). 

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Published

2026-11-13

Conference Proceedings Volume

2026: XXVI ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE PESQUISA E PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM CIÊNCIA DA INFORMAÇÃO

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GT 2 – Organização e Representação do Conhecimento

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