Production of Knowledge
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1988
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This work discusses the relationship between ideology, epistemology, and the struggle for popular hegemony. It explores the intellectual growth of the working classes through popular education and the production of new knowledge. The article critiques the dichotomy between popular and scientific knowledge, advocates for participatory research as a means to produce popular knowledge, and discusses its role in social movements. Issues such as gender, knowledge control, and the strategic role of participatory research in social transformation are also addressed.
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Joao Francisco de Souza's article on the production of knowledge examines the intellectual growth of the working classes as key to social transformation, advocating for participatory research as a tool for producing popular knowledge. The work critiques the dominant ideologies of knowledge and power, offering a framework for understanding and applying participatory research in the context of social movements, particularly in post-revolutionary societies like Nicaragua.
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Participatory Research, Popular Knowledge, Social Transformation, Ideology, Epistemology, Working Classes, Gender, Knowledge Strategies, Social Movements
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Souza, J. F. (1988). Production of Knowledge.