Empoderamento para o desenvolvimento social comunitário mediante tecnologias intelectuais digitais

Abstract

In the context of the information society and knowledge, the social development of a urban community needs the empowerment of intellectual technologies by its members, in a process that goes beyond the access and use of this technologies. Empowerment means appropriating with a view to developing a collective consciousness. From this perspective, it is presented a Ph.D research in Information Science, whose field of study is the Community of Santa Clara, located in the city of João Pessoa, Brazil, where since 2011 are being implemented various actions support of information social development of their subjects, in order that they can become the protagonists of their own lives. The methodological assumptions are based on a qualitative approach, with the use of participatory research. The technique of the content analysis will be used to process the data collected during the events organized in the community. The research will be supported by means of intellectual digital technologies and an information operator will make the mediation in this process. Finally, it is expected that the actions of information and empowerment for community development, become actions of socialization for the subjects, so that they can move toward themselves as responsible not only for their own attitudes, but also by existence and living conditions of the community.