Abstract
Faced with the multiple understandings assumed by different institutions about the concept of Innovation, the need to locate the semantic principles related to this concept was identified, which has ensured that information science (CI) is contemplated by funding agencies in the development of research projects. The objective was to understand the epistemological relationship between innovation and IC in order to construct a semantic indication of both the conceptual compound of innovation according to the logic of the achievement bodies and an indication of what is taken as relevant for funding in development and research by the agency FAPESP (Foundation for the Support of Research of the State of São Paulo, Brazil). It is concluded that since 1992, CI's research projects, subsidized by FAPESP, have had, in a preponderant way, technology (perception of promotion) and interdisciplinarity (communicative efficiency) as determining elements of the relationship of this area with innovation.
TopMachado (2015) evaluates the uses of the Sapir-Whorf Theory - treated by the author as Hypothesis of Sapir-Whorf (HSW) - in the field of Linguistics, observing the variations of approach of the concept in relation to the two authors who call it, based on the Foucaultiano assumptions about the notion of author.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Innovation: A phenomenon experienced on a social level. It happens not when it appears as a solution to a social need, but when it appears as a solution to a problem of socially acquired value.
Public Sphere: In opposition to the private sphere (synonym of public arena) it results in a space of articulation of opinions, opinions, and arguments of public interest at global, national or regional level.
Language: Form or phenomenon by which the expression of world views about themes, issues or actions related to the communication between beings in search of sharing experiences is realized.
Pragmatism: Philosophical current through which the use of diverse resources in the assertive, efficient, and objective application of specific interests is defended for the concretion of diverse actions.
Concreteness: It is the phenomenon of what takes shape while it takes meaning, structurally sediments.
Concept: It is a unit of knowledge, an atom that brings together semantics and forms of reporting a phenomenon or experience, whether individual or social. In its semantics, it opens in connection with other concepts, energizing and being energized.
Communication: Action or process of exchange of messages of varied character between individuals, machines, or entities, aiming at solution, agreement of differentiated views on a theme, subject or controversy.
Realization: It is the attitude of acquiring social value. It is the transposition of an idea to collective extension, therefore social absorption.