Knowledge Organization from a Social Perspective: Thesauri and the Commitment to Cultural Diversity

Abstract

Knowledge organization systems can have linguistic and conceptual formations of social oppression and exclusion. It is information science’s role to be vigilant in perpetuating seditious discourses which end up reaffirming offenses, prejudices and humiliations to certain groups of people, especially those labeled as marginalized, that is, who are not part of the dominant group holding social power. In the quest for this diversity, this study reviews the literature of the area on how thesauri can become more inclusive and on the role of semantic warrant, specific to the philosophical, literary and cultural warrant. This research highlights the need to review thesaurus construction models so that they can be more open and inclusive to the cultural diversity of today’s society, formed by social actors who claim their spaces and representations. To this end, guidelines are suggested for the construction of thesauri procedures that allow cultural warrant receptivity.

Literary Warrant dan User Warrant untuk Merancang Konstruksi Prototipe Tesaurus

“…Aplikasi Tesaurus Indonesia mampu membantu mengatasi minimnya penggunan kosakata dalam menulis, karena menyediakan sinonim setiap kata dan antonim beberapa kata. Gomes & Da Cunha Frota (2019), meninjau literatur mengenai bagaimana tesaurus dapat menjadi lebih inklusif dan mengenai peran semantic warrant, khususnya untuk jaminan filosofis, sastra, dan budaya. Penelitiannya menyoroti perlunya meninjau model konstruksi tesaurus sehingga mereka bisa lebih terbuka dan inklusif terhadap keragaman budaya masyarakat saat ini, yang dibentuk oleh aktor sosial yang mengklaim ruang dan keterwakilannya.…”