The Habermas Colloquia in the light of the information regime

Abstract

Shares results of exploratory research to apply the information regime model to the set of 14 editions of the Annals of the Habermas Colloquium, a scientific communication event in the area of ​​Information Science. This is descriptive and documentary research, supported by the indexical method (Ginzburg) and the brauseio technique (Araújo), carried out in the archives of the Annals of Colóquios in the period from 2009 to 2022. It adopts the information regime approach from the perspective of González de Gómez, presenting its elements — social actors, actions, devices and information artifacts — in the context of the scientific community's way of life. It describes the interactions between the elements of the information regime of the Habermas Colloquium, from the creation, by social actors, of an information value (semantic-pragmatic stratum) to the conformation of rules into devices (meta-informational stratum) and the sharing of results through digital artifacts (information infrastructures). Four groups of social actors were identified among the participants of the Habermas Colloquia: (a) those who participated from the beginning; (b) those who started participating in the middle of the historical series; (c) those who recently started participating, maintaining regular participation; and (d) those who participated only once. In a preliminary analysis, it is understood that through the holding of Colloquia and the publication of the Annals, the results of scientific research were shared and discussed by a qualified community, enabling the creation of new knowledge in Information Science.