An introduction to the commitment of emancipatory thinking through digital technologies and craft technologies

Authors

  • Daniel de Queiroz Lopes Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS
  • Edla Eggert Escola de Humanidades Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/edu.2016.203.11591

Abstract

This article analyzes the context of contemporary society through a hermeneutics that starts from the domination-exploitation key. It discusses and presents ways to introduce a conceptual basis to think about how technology can be thought of at the interface with the lives of marginalized communities. It identifies critical authors in opposition to the logic of overconsumption, a path that still believes in emancipation and citizen participation. It presents two aspects derived from research carried out in our research groups: locative digital technologies and craft technologies. It argues that the massifying and homogenizing perspective of the global economic system is a problem to be faced, and it points the strategy of giving visibility to localized and marginalized knowledges systems as an alternative path. Finally, it proposes that the emancipatory power of locative digital technologies and craft technologies lies, respectively, in provoking new perspectives of the world and the establishment of a network of socialization of localized knowledge, plurals and anti-hegemonic.

Keywords: digital technologies, craft technologies, emancipation, localized knowledges.

Author Biography

Daniel de Queiroz Lopes, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS

Possui graduação em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1994), mestrado em Psicologia Social e Institucional pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2000) e doutorado em Informática na Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2008). Tem experiência na área de Educação, com ênfase em aprendizagem, psicologia do desenvolvimento humano e tecnologias na educação, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: criatividade, epistemologia genética, cultura e tecnologia, educação digital, tecnologias na educação, robótica educacional e sociedade da informação.

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Published

2016-08-24

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 3 (2016): September/December

Section

Dossiê: Passado, presente e futuro das tecnologias na Educação

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