Análise terminológica da produção científica dos Programas de Pós-Graduação (PPGs): a elaboração de um microtesauro sobre gestão ambiental

Abstract

The research aimed to draw a profile of environmental management debate in the Amazon in the light of the terminology used in the scientific production of postgraduate programs (PPGs) authorized by the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education (CAPES), the thematic area and Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences. Specifically, the research aimed to identify the key terms and concepts used in the construction of regional knowledge by way of strict sense postgraduate research in the Amazon. As a result of this terminological analysis, was organized, is systematized and was standardized the terms and concepts used in theses and dissertations of graduate programs and built up a microthesaurus to serve as a tool for recovery of environmental information. The theoretical framework of the research was outlined in the literature of environmental management, terminology and tools of the documentary language, specifically the thesaurus and glossary. Methodologically, the study followed a qualitative approach thrlough the research in print materials; the data were obtained through a documentary research and content analysis of 332 dissertations and 43 doctoral theses. In document analysis was used a terminological form for the purpose of collection, extraction and standardization of environmental terms (concepts) from the scientific production of PPGs. The Research shows, from the terminological analysis PPGs in the Amazon has contributed to the advancement of knowledge in environmental management, especially in their interpretation and application in the region. The terminological analysis allowed the creation of a glossary with 190 environmental terms and 490 concepts in Portuguese used in scientific production of postgraduate programs in environmental management specialty portraying their contributions to the advancement in understanding of concept. Beyond the glossary, we designed a specific conceptual map in environmental management together with the terminological analysis, allowed the elaboration of a microthesaurus. The contribution of this work is precisely applied in the construction of microthesaurus with their terminological relations and specificities in environmental management.