Situated knowledge in Library and Information Science: challenges of the Anthropocene

Abstract

This article presents the concept of situated knowledge developed by Donna Haraway as a possibility to transform the basic categories of library science and IC in light of the challenges of the Anthropocene and especially as an idea that contributes to the reduction of social inequalities through access to knowledge. cultural capital. Taking epistemological anarchism as an analytical framework and in dialogue with the proposals of intersectionality (Kimberlé Crenshaw; Patricia Hill Collins), situated knowledge (Donna Haraway) and scales justice (Nancy Fraser), we propose a series of reflections that can contribute to the reconfiguration of scientific disciplines from a critical perspective. Latin America and to redefine our position as social theorists