A apropriação do poder hegemônico da ciência em revistas de divulgação científica: estratégias sociodiscursivas

Abstract

The present research intends to study the appropriation of science´s hegemonic power by the editorials of scientific divulgation. To that purpose, the general objective is to discuss the socio-discursive strategies employed by the publishing networks of scientific dissemination for the appropriation of the hegemonic power of science, considering in this dynamics the concept of symbolic construction through which it constitutes an expert systems. Thus, we will analyze a discursive materiality composed of a semi structured corpus of 16 collected copies. The dissemination vehicles of science, taking the voice of science to themselves, come to enjoy control and social prestige exercised by scientific discourse to the detriment of society classified as "lay" in relation to scientific knowledge and method. Therefore, the editorial networks that support the magazines of science dissemination have, as a privileged locus of technical excellence, regulated the material life of citizens, acting as an Expert System, according to what Giddens (1991, 2002) has designated. In this way, people are involved in various systems that dominate, organize and, to a certain extent, suggest ways of life. They are very important systems in which everyone places trust. Thus, the term 'science' metaphorically encapsulates these socially legitimized systems and the magazines of science dissemination have sought to enjoy this legitimacy, as if it were part of them, in order to survive in the Brazilian publishing market. Therefore, it is important to understand how the domain of scientific discourse as well as that of scientific dissemination provides access to material resources and instances of power. The research is based mainly on the Critical Discourse Analysis, from the analytical framework proposed by Fairclough (2001 [2008], 2003), Chouliaraki and Fairlcough (1999), to deepen the questions related to intertextuality and gender hybridity from the discursive practices of the editorial networks of scientific dissemination. The Sociological and Communicational Approach of the Discourse, in turn, will point the analysis to the questions concerning the Communication for Social Change and the types of power, from a re-contextualization of Bajoit (2006) proposed by Pedrosa (2012, 2013). We further try to reveal the mechanisms of naturalization that contribute to symbolic construction through the modes of operation of ideology described by Thompson (2009). And finally, the concept of trust developed by Giddens (1991, 2002), in this context, will shed light on the emptying of time and space as a strategy for the universalization of the discourse of scientific journals. Methodologically, the research is situated in a qualitative paradigm, inserted in the scope of Human and Social Sciences, focusing on Applied Linguistics (LA). LA has been developing fruitful dialogues with critical social theories to build a field of study that extrapolates the relationship between theory and practice and takes into account all the interacting situations studied, breaking the logic of established voices. Therefore, the research is framed in a transdisciplinary and critical perspective as it requires the recent practice in the field of Applied Linguistics. LA has been developing dialogues with critical social theories for the construction of a field of studies that extrapolates the relation between theory and practice and takes into account all the interactants of the studied situations. The result drew the profile of the two main scientific dissemination publications in the brazilian market. It has been clearly demonstrated that these are real discursive arenas. The dynamics of functioning revealed mechanisms that contribute to the naturalization of an artificial hegemony to be performed by this type of publication. These dynamics and patterns revealed by the corpus of research indicate the need for a broader and wider discussion about the vehicles for disseminating scientific information.