GLOBAL CHANGES IN PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND LEGITIMIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE: CONSEQUENCES FOR BRAZIL

Abstract

The article aims to discuss recent changes in the way science has produced, distributed and legitimized scientific knowledge. The analysis seeks to articulate the global transformations of science with the way they have occurred in Brazil, emphasizing its own and particular characteristics. The chosen time frames bring us 3 different periods. The first corresponds to the post-war perio and ends in the mid-1970s. The second did not end but has been gradually challenged by the phenomenon of globalization of National Innovation Systems (NIS) and the concomitant trend of internationalization of science and technology. The third time frame refers to this emergence and its meaning, still in dispute, which points to new ways of producing science.

Keywords

• scientific knowledge
• science
• technology and innovation
• global transformations of science