Sobre el saber y el dar a conocer

Abstract

The notion of objectivity has always been associated with the processes of legitimization of knowledge. It constitutes a normalizer that has provided the cornerstone for the major epistemological models since Modernity and that continues to uphold its unshakeable status as regulator of gnosiological progression. Considering the humanities, in general, and artistic practice, in particular, as a field of knowledge that is subject to the volubility of the subjective and/or the emotional – a notion that is broadly accepted – has left them in a precarious position as regards their capacity to produce useful knowledge beyond the immediate sphere in which they operate. This article traces a discourse on the legitimacy of the reference points that are assumed and/or established to provide an irrefutable position in the face of the difficulty of allowing – and therefore accrediting within the subsumed program of utility – reference points that are subjective and operate as local modules of knowledge.