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Mapear as redes de intercâmbio científico : uma abordagem relacional da correspondência estrangeira do Arquivo da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa
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O estudo da informação produzida em contexto de permuta bibliográfica permite
compreender os padrões de produção e os circuitos de comunicação do conhecimento
científico articulados num sistema multipolar de comunidades epistémicas,
institucionalmente representadas sob a forma de academias ou sociedades, por sua vez
produto das transformações políticas e sociais do seu tempo. Neste sistema emergente de
relações institucionais, desenvolveram-se as redes de intercâmbio científico, organismos
de natureza sistémica, cujas entidades se organizavam numa plataforma de cooperação
além-fronteiras.
No Fundo do Arquivo da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (ACL), a
correspondência recebida das suas congéneres estrangeiras apresenta e materializa a
interação de agentes científicos nas suas variadas cartografias, como um fenómeno
multifacetado que sugere uma abordagem relacional para a organização e representação
da informação arquivística. Apoiada no domínio da Organização do Conhecimento (OC)
e no referencial teórico associado à cartografia cultural, a perspetiva de análise
exploratória face ao objeto de estudo configura-se sob a forma de uma prova de conceito.
A proposta de organização e representação da informação, que permitiu o mapeamento
das redes de intercâmbio científico entre a ACL e as instituições correspondentes,
desenvolveu-se com base no modelo conceptual e na ontologia do Records in Contexts
(RiC), bem como nos princípios para a interoperabilidade semântica abrangidos pelo
Linked Open Data (LOD). Na expectativa de capturar a multidimensionalidade dos
contextos que integram o documento de arquivo, e que caracterizam a relação de agentes
e de lugares científicos, procurou-se ultrapassar a linearidade hierárquica das normas
tradicionais de descrição arquivística para empreender um salto qualitativo baseado numa
representação multidimensional e facetada da informação. A prova de conceito inferiu
acerca das dinâmicas de colaboração institucionais, compreendendo de que forma os seus
representantes se integravam nas orgânicas locais, e a partir de que objetos se manifestava
a atividade de intercâmbio científico. Os resultados obtidos permitiram mapear e
caracterizar as redes, nas quais, instituições como a ACL, estabeleceram verdadeiros
corredores globais de circulação e divulgação da cultura científica e tecnológica, entre os
séculos XVIII e XIX.
The study of information produced within the context of bibliographic exchange allows for an understanding of production patterns and communication circuits of scientific knowledge articulated within a multipolar system of epistemic communities, institutionally represented in the form of academies or societies, themselves products of the political and social transformations of their time. In this emerging system of institutional relations, scientific exchange networks developed as systemic organizations, whose entities were organized on a platform for cross-border cooperation. In the archival fond of Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, the received correspondence from its foreign counterparts presents and materializes the interaction of scientific agents across varied geographies, as a multifaceted phenomenon that suggests a relational approach to the organization and representation of archival information. Grounded in the field of Knowledge Organization (KO) and supported by the theoretical framework of cultural cartography, the exploratory analysis of the study object takes the form of a proof of concept. The proposal for organizing and representing information, which enabled the mapping of scientific exchange networks between the ACL and corresponding institutions, was developed based on the conceptual model and ontology of Records in Contexts (RiC) and the principles of semantic interoperability of Linked Open Data (LOD). To capture the multidimensional contexts that exist within the record, which characterize the relationships between scientific agents and places, this approach aimed to go beyond the hierarchical linearity of traditional archival description standards, to undertake a qualitative leap toward a multidimensional and faceted representation of information. The proof of concept analyzed the dynamics of institutional collaboration, understanding how representatives were integrated into local organizations and the objects through which scientific exchange activities were manifested. The results achieved made it possible to map and characterize the network of institutions, including the ACL, that established authentic global corridors for the circulation and dissemination of scientific and technological culture between the 18th and 19th centuries.
The study of information produced within the context of bibliographic exchange allows for an understanding of production patterns and communication circuits of scientific knowledge articulated within a multipolar system of epistemic communities, institutionally represented in the form of academies or societies, themselves products of the political and social transformations of their time. In this emerging system of institutional relations, scientific exchange networks developed as systemic organizations, whose entities were organized on a platform for cross-border cooperation. In the archival fond of Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, the received correspondence from its foreign counterparts presents and materializes the interaction of scientific agents across varied geographies, as a multifaceted phenomenon that suggests a relational approach to the organization and representation of archival information. Grounded in the field of Knowledge Organization (KO) and supported by the theoretical framework of cultural cartography, the exploratory analysis of the study object takes the form of a proof of concept. The proposal for organizing and representing information, which enabled the mapping of scientific exchange networks between the ACL and corresponding institutions, was developed based on the conceptual model and ontology of Records in Contexts (RiC) and the principles of semantic interoperability of Linked Open Data (LOD). To capture the multidimensional contexts that exist within the record, which characterize the relationships between scientific agents and places, this approach aimed to go beyond the hierarchical linearity of traditional archival description standards, to undertake a qualitative leap toward a multidimensional and faceted representation of information. The proof of concept analyzed the dynamics of institutional collaboration, understanding how representatives were integrated into local organizations and the objects through which scientific exchange activities were manifested. The results achieved made it possible to map and characterize the network of institutions, including the ACL, that established authentic global corridors for the circulation and dissemination of scientific and technological culture between the 18th and 19th centuries.