EPISTEMOLOGY OF ERRANCE: THE SEDENTARIZATION OF MEANING IN SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to introduce, in an introductory way, the notions of wandering and sedentarism as theoretical figures for the conception of an Epistemology of Errance, as proposed in “Epistemology of Errance: error, hyance and science in discourse” (ALMEIDA, 2019). This epistemological look focuses on interrogating the production, circulation and effects of scientific knowledge in the contemporary world, and from there, proposes a new look and a new way of listening to denied and outside knowledge from academic walls. In this article, the theoretical itinerary goes through a brief presentation of the concepts, but mainly focuses on rescuing from historiography the first models of human beings' relationship with the world, namely, wandering, nomadism and sedentarism - paying attention to the peculiarities of its functioning -, to then propose from them a theoretical-analytical apparatus on the epistemology of scientific knowledge in contemporary times.