Knowledge management and popularization of science

analysis of the relations between the communication process flows

Abstract

Knowledge management seeks mechanisms to externalize the cognitive knowledge of individuals by using strategies and procedures that allow subjects to transmit what they know for the benefit of organizational development. Therefore, the popularization of science refers to actions that aims to establish dialogues between researchers and the general population, in order to enable the use and appropriation of scientific and technological information by citizens. That said, this article aims to analyze the relationships between knowledge management and science popularization; identifying elements that bring them together and contribute to/assist in the communication of science to society. This is an exploratory research with a qualitative approach, and uses bibliographic research as its method, associating constructive elements of knowledge management with scientific popularization practices. As a result, it presents the construction of a scheme addressed to components, with the interrelationships among the elements and the identification of their associations, especially linked to the planning of actions. In conclusion, knowledge management presents necessary characteristics so that the popularization of science can be carried out systematically and also achieve the objectives established in the initiatives of researchers to disseminate, in an understandable way, the results of their research, aiming to motivate individual and collective changes, which are only achieved through education and social empowerment.