Discourses on science, technology and society: bringing science closer to Brazilian people

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https://doi.org/10.22169/revint.v20.e25do2ev01

Keywords:

STS relations, University Extension, Science governance, Public communication

Abstract

This article presents, in interview form, the researchers’ voices of José A. Helayël-Neto and Márcia C. B. Barbosa talking about science, technology, and society. It aims to document and organize their views on the cycle linking basic inquiry, experimentation, applications, and social return, highlighting university extension, public communication, and research governance. Data were produced through semi-structured interviews, transcribed and retextualized. Results condense trajectories and decisions such as the conversion of ideas into artifacts and the redirection of research lines on responsibility grounds. The dossier closes with a brief weave that relates the testimonies to the STS tradition while keeping the interviewees’ voices central.

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Author Biographies

Daniel Guimarães Tedesco, Centro Universitário Internacional - UNINTER

Doutor em Ciências pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UERJ. Professor da Escola Superior de Educação, Humanidades e Línguas e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação e Novas Tecnologias no Centro Universitário Internacional – UNINTER

Maria Elidaiana da Silva Pereira, Universität Hamburg

Doutora em Física pelo Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas – CBPF. Pesquisadora em Astrofísica na Universität Hamburg – UH, Alemanha.

Bruno Fernando Inchausp Teixeira , UER

Doutor em Física pela Universidade Federal Fluminense – UFF. Professor Chefe do Departamento de Matemática, Física e Computação da Faculdade de Tecnologia na Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UERJ

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Published

2025-11-17

How to Cite

GUIMARÃES TEDESCO, D.; DA SILVA PEREIRA, M. E.; FERNANDO INCHAUSP TEIXEIRA , B. Discourses on science, technology and society: bringing science closer to Brazilian people. REVISTA INTERSABERES, [S. l.], v. 20, p. e25do2ev01, 2025. DOI: 10.22169/revint.v20.e25do2ev01. Disponível em: https://www.revistasuninter.com/intersaberes/index.php/revista/article/view/2914. Acesso em: 13 jun. 2026.

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Dossiê - Ciência, tecnologia, sociedade: desafios e perspectivas na era da educação digital

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