Conceptual selection in the organization of knowledge domains in the human and social science: the case of the culture

Abstract

This paper approaches the conceptual selection in the organization of knowledge domains in the human and social science, focusing on culture concept and its peculiar complexity. The conceptual selection is an initial stage of system construction in the organization of knowledge and it shows its importance for a final quality result regarding the recovery of information. To show the complexity of the culture domain, the etymological origins of Amazon words are analyzed, where a wide cultural diversity in African, European and Asian original non-native language. The Theory of the Faceted Classification by Ranganathan and the Theory of the Integrated Levels from the Classification Research Group were suggested as theorical and methodological fundament to deal with complex domains of this nature.