Territory, production and information: software industry in Brazil in the context of internet expansion

• Grant number: 16/22841-5
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): May 01, 2017
• Effective date (End): August 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography - Human Geography
• Cooperation agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal researcher: María Mónica Arroyo
• Grantee: Melissa Maria Veloso Steda
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/00328-2 - Information technology and the uneven geographies of globalization: an analysis of software trade between the United States of America and Brazil, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

In the period of globalization, information technologies play a remarkable role as essential components of productive activities, significantly altering the dynamics of geographic space, economy, society and politics. In this context, large companies that produce software as a service stand out. To operate such applications, only a device with Internet connection is required. Given the rapid diffusion of telematic networks and the capillarization of informational objects, we propose, in this project, to investigate the dynamics of production of this kind of software and its penetration in the Brazilian territory. They are based both on a technical and on a normative bases, which follow the diffusion of Internet access infrastructures and depend on regulatory nexuses that emerge mainly from the State and the companies actions. (AU)