Inclusão, cidadania e cultura digital:

uma análise do desenho da política desenvolvida na casa de cultura digital de Fortaleza

Abstract

The use of new technologies has become such an absolute requirement that, regardless of age, gender or social class, it is difficult to imagine a single aspect of our lives that escapes it. At the same time, access to these technologies is extremely unequal, with the socioeconomic conditions of each person being very important, so that, without inclusive action promoted by the public authorities, today's inequality will be greater tomorrow. Hence the relevance of investigating public policies that consider, for example, the construction of new social scenarios, citizenship, digital inclusion and exclusion, new technologies and, of course, the role of public power in this context. In this way, questions were established in this analysis about a policy developed in the city of Fortaleza/CE, considering the following question: what ideas of inclusion, citizenship and digital culture were the basis for the design of the policy developed in the Casa de Cultura Digital in Fortaleza? This was the question that guided and structured the development of the research, with the objective of identifying such notions in the design of the project managed by the Science, Technology and Innovation Foundation of Fortaleza (CITINOVA). Qualitative and exploratory research was chosen, and as methodological procedures bibliographical review, interview and document analysis were used, through the policy design analysis methodology, according to categories inspired by the research by Lima, D'ascenzi and Aguiar (2020). After analyzing the categories, the results point to a joint reading as a way to explain the rationality perceived in its design. Thus, what was understood about inclusion, citizenship and digital culture ends up being directed towards a policy of building profiles of young entrepreneurs, with specific knowledge and producers of digital, creative and innovative media. In this way, the present research signals the relevance of projects that can dialogue with groups, not only among young entrepreneurs, but among all age groups and skill levels related to technological and digital development in the city of Fortaleza.