A abordagem da temática gênero e sexualidade na Ciência da Informação : levantamento bibliográfico na Base de Dados Referencial de Artigos de Periódicos em Ciência da Informação de 2016 a 2021

Abstract

Gender and sexuality is a comteporany theme in information science, being debated at national and international level by diferente authors. In this perspective this work has the general objective of characterize the themes of gender and sexuality in the articles found in BRAPCI between the years 2016 and 2022, with the specific objectives of identifying periodicals with the theme of gender and sexuality indexed in BRAPCI; present the methodology used by the authors and analyze the contributions of the works in the area of Information Science, the methodology used was exploratory research with a qualitative and quantitative approach with a bibliographical survey at BRAPCI. As a result, it was found that the topic of gender and sexuality is dealt with timidly by Information Science professionals. Concluding that because the profession has a humanistic nature, the topic needs more attention and it is important to work on the topic in Library Science courses in Brazil.