Rethinking science and innovation

An analysis through the decolonial perspective in dialogue with the actor-network theory

Abstract

The article proposes, using literature review, to rethink science and innovation through the decolonial perspective, dialoguing with the Actor-Network Theory. Reframing the beginning of modernity in the Conquest of America, it highlights the constitution of the first modern identity, coming from the classification between conquerors and conquered in the idea of race. In this scenario, the making of science becomes deterministically understood, supposedly objective and neutral, as the only valid knowledge. Thus, the objective is to reflect on the discursiveness of modern sciences, giving voice to different forms of knowledge. An attempt to denounce the Coloniality of Knowledge, suggesting the notions and projects of Transmodernity and Epistemologies of the South. It is concluded that these other forms of knowledge can be presented as alternatives to the hegemonic order of capital, which reproduces the myth of infinite progress and control of the planet, submitting knowledge and innovations to the market.