The institutionalization of the Council for Research in Brazil: international historical inspirations and identity for the conception of the areas of knowledge

• Autor(a) principal: Marques, Angelica Alves da Cunha
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Informação & Informação
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/informacao/article/view/24878
• topic: National Council for Research; CNPq; Areas of Knowledge; History of Science; Science and Technology; Consejo Nacional de Investigación; CNPq; Áreas del Conocimiento; Historia de la Ciencia; Ciencia y Tecnología; Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas; CNPq; Áreas do Conhecimento; História da Ciência; Ciência e Tecnologia

Introduction: We consider the lack of historical data regarding the trajectory of the National Council for Research in Brazil, CNPq in the current Portuguese acronym, as well as the idea that the institution has been inspired by its French congener. Objective: This paper intends to present the historical inspirations in the international context, especially in France, and the formation of the institutional identity of this Council. Methodology: It is a bibliographical and documental research whose theoretical system of references are based on the concepts of “international prestige” and “scientific capital”. Results: As for the results of this research study, we present a brief historical register of the research councils of the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and particularly France, as well as their current main divisions regarding the classifications of areas of knowledge. We further present the history of the conception, creation and development of CNPq and the areas of knowledge acknowledged by the institution over the years, debating the similarities that it bears to the international councils, its influences – considering the international prestige of these institutions – and its particularities, by means of the institutional and political scientific capital. Conclusions: We have reached the conclusion that political and institutional aspects prevail in the National Council for Research in Brazil, considering that the international inspirations are diverses and do not seem to translate into the institutional identity that lines up with the national context.