Jovens do campo e novas tecnologias: tessituras de modos de vida

Abstract

This study aims to understand the ways of life of youth in the rural settlement AlvaçanGoiabeiras, located in the municipality of Santana do Acaraú (Ceará) and then to verify the influence of new technologies in their everyday lives. To achieve the research objectives, it was needed to take a dip in the quotidian of these young. Based on ethnography, it was possible to capture voices and perspectives related to this microsocial reality. The use of a journal, observation, interviews and group discussions were important to the process of learning the discourses and perspectives of these young. In this way, one can realize that those young people, who have access to the internet, try to stay connected to the virtual environments. For them, the cellphone represents a new way of weaving lifestyles in the field, since the use of this instrument expands their recreation opportunities, as listening to music, playing electronic games and chatting via text messages to keep in touch with family and friends outside the settlement. The internet is a way to build new routes on the quotidian of these young, because, when navigating through social networks and expanding their friendships beyond the space they live in, they are breaking boundaries and changing their lifestyle as settlers. In this media adventure, they enlarge the number of possibilities of learning by living and sharing new experiences - in relationships through social networks and in the educational process - while seizing new knowledge and seeking information to associate with the contents learned in school or university. This way, they experience the process of breaking free from a lifestyle that is peculiar to the country.