Social constructionism, situated within the postmodern critique of foundational truths, reconfigures the very nature of knowledge, identity, and social reality by privileging relational processes over essentialist categories. Rather than assuming a singular, objective world to be revealed through empirical methods, constructionism asserts that realities are co-produced through language, interaction, and context, dissolving the boundaries between subject and object, knower and known. In this view, theories are not mirrors of the world but discursive practices embedded in specific cultural and historical configurations. Postmodernism amplifies this turn by rejecting meta-narratives, embracing pluralism, and questioning the authority of scientific rationalism, thereby aligning constructionism with a decentralized epistemology that values multiplicity, contingency, and reflexivity. The text explores how the social sciences, once grounded in the modernist ideals of control and universality, are increasingly drawn toward dialogic and participatory frameworks where meaning is negotiated rather than discovered. This shift demands not only methodological innovations but also epistemic humility, acknowledging that every claim to truth is situated within a matrix of power, language, and interpretation. The authors highlight the tension between the liberating potential of constructionism—to empower alternative voices and local knowledges—and the risks of relativism that can undermine ethical and political commitments. Yet, it is precisely in this ambiguity that constructionism finds its strength: by fostering a critical awareness of how realities are made, it opens a space for reimagining both theory and practice in ways that are inclusive, dynamic, and responsive to complexity.
