Construction of scientific knowledge Some reflections on a cultural process

Within the scope of the sociology of science, it is proposed a brief “state of the art” that promotes the interest in understanding, to describe, analytically, a scientific work group, as a unit of investigation and production of scientific knowledge. Proposing that research based on observation methodology allows for investigation in depth, seeking to access some of the dimensions that are part of the process of construction, production, and reproduction of knowledge around a cultural standard.