The alternative knowledge of the Biblioteca Universal Guei against epistemic injustice in Brazilian literature

Abstract

Injustices permeate the literary scene, both in public collections and in the catalogs of major publishers, which shows attitudes of segregation of subjects who are placed on the margins of the social, namely: cisgender and transgender women, blacks and indigenous people, people with disabilities, subjects who recognize themselves as Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgenders, Transsexuals, Queer, Intersexuals, Asexuals and others (LGBTQIA+) etc. That said, this article starts from the following question: did the Biblioteca Universal Guei actively contribute to the fight against epistemic injustice in the scenario of mediation of Brazilian literature? As a general objective, the article aims to investigate the performance of the newspaper Lampião da Esquina in the rupture of the social and cultural fabric, and above all, to verify the contribution of the Biblioteca Universal Guei section relating the Humanities with a performance of the commercial bibliography for epistemic justice. It is based on the approach to epistemic injustice and its spheres (testimonial, hermeneutic, curricular and participatory injustice) and their relationship with Bibliography, Librarianship and Information Science. Finally, the results show, in the pages of Lampião da Esquina, a national alternative periodical aimed at the gay public, sold on newsstands and through mailboxes at the national level, the confrontation with the logic of injustice and exclusion propagated by symbolic violence. and epistemic.