Ciência aberta e a prática missiológica na Era Digital

Transparência, colaboração e a democratização do conhecimento missiológico

Abstract

Open Science, grounded in transparency, collaboration, and accessibility, emerges as a promising paradigm for renewing the production and dissemination of knowledge in the fields of theology and missiology. This study analyzes the transposition of the principles from the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (2021) to the missionary environment, advocating for the understanding of theological information as a common good at the service of the global church. The article details the adaptation of UNESCO's seven pillars to the context of missionary agencies and seminaries, highlighting strategies such as Open Access publishing, investment in digital infrastructures (DSpace and Dataverse), and the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence for content contextualization and translation. The importance of the Diamond Way is emphasized as a sustainable and equitable model for institutional intellectual production. The application of repositories for managing field data based on the FAIR Principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) is discussed as a vital solution for preserving institutional memory and mitigating knowledge loss resulting from staff turnover. It is concluded that the adoption of these practices is not merely a technical innovation but an ethical and strategic imperative to promote cognitive justice and efficiently respond to the contemporary challenges of cross-cultural mission.