Social ownership of information, culture and technology: free software and cultural policy in Brazil 2003-2014

• Grant number: 13/04139-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2013
• End date: August 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Information Science - Information Theory
• Principal Investigator: Marco Antônio de Almeida
• Grantee: Ana Carolina Silva Biscalchin
• Host Institution: Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The research addresses the importance of the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the significance of the use of free software and its peculiarities as public policy proposal adopted by the Brazilian government, with special emphasis in the area of cultural policies, analyzing their impact on social ownership of information. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BISCALCHIN, Ana Carolina Silva. Social appropriation of information, culture and technology: free software and cultural policies in Brazil. 2018. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA/SBD) São Paulo.