KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION AND KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES: ELEMENTS OF CRITICAL REFLECTION ABOUT THE REPRESENTATION PROCESS

Behavior standardization and cultural homogenization are pressured and
confronted by knowledge communities through new representation perspectives in
the face of universalizing models. In this condition, culture becomes an elementary
theoretical agent to think about Knowledge Organization and Representation processes.
To understand these elements and validate terms and concepts, the aim of this chapter
is to shift the discussion from academic and highly active discourse communities in
global capitalism to knowledge communities. The notion of knowledge is understood
as a broad category for comprehending more cultural expressions. In this sense, by
understanding how knowledge in social groups is grouped and represented, we have the
means to understand territories; and thus, support the elaboration of validation criteria
for representing the terms and systems chosen by the group.