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All of these form the conditions for understanding the efforts, objectives and interests of the actors in the social field that causes them to develop determined informational practices. The field of architecture was elected for analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The conclusions show that both the products and subjects of a domain of knowledge, inserted in social fields, are expressions of their informational practice.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The authors believe the theoretical model based on Bourdieu and Hj\u00f8rland's concepts, here built to analyze the architecture domain, may be used to analyze other domains.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>Domain analysis is employed as an approach to the study of the information aspects but here supported by the sociological concepts of Bourdieu. 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