Information Technology as a Technical Resource for the Memories: Memories of Unati-Marília in the Virtual Environment

Autores

  • Simone Borges Paiva University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Maria Candida Soares Del-Masso UNESP Sao Paulo State University, Marília, São Paulo, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4301/s1807-17752013000200011

Palavras-chave:

Elderly People, Information Technology, Social Issues

Resumo

UNATI (Open University of the Third Age), UNESP, Marília campus, has offered subsidies for the development of this work aimed at researching the existing relationships between information mediation processes and technological devices, especially computers, assuming that reading practices and textual construction in on-line environments could help the “third age” population to have access to these devices, thus promoting digital inclusion in this group. Mediation was presented as an interventionist action that, by introducing an intermediate element in the learning process, causes a rupture in the ways of living and personal digital inclusion processes hitherto experienced. In the context of a workshop, we found out that there is a physical relationship between subjects and technological supports and such a contact proved to be necessary, considering that handling a computer required knowledge of procedures, thus furthering a logic of use. It turned out to be necessary to develop actions that would enable the handling of a computer so as to bring about acceptance of these supports. Accordingly, activities were developed so as to articulate reminiscent processes, memories of older adults, the writing down of such memories and the creation of a blog to bring enhanced visibility to the content produced by older people. Such actions have shown that remembering, writing down and posting can reshape not only social relations but somehow significantly promote digital inclusion among older adults.

Biografias Autor

Simone Borges Paiva, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Master of Science in Information Science from UNESP, Marília campus. PHd student of Information Science at the Post-Graduation Program in Information Science, School of Communication and Arts - USP, São Paulo. E-mail: sibpaiva@usp.br

Maria Candida Soares Del-Masso, UNESP Sao Paulo State University, Marília, São Paulo, Brazil

Faculty member at UNESP, Marília campus, Department of Special Education. Coordinator of the Central Groups of, UNATI (Open University of the Third Age) – UNESP – PROEX – Coordinator since 2004. Coordinator of UNATI – UNESP – Marília in the period of 1994-2010. Leader of the GEPIS (Research Group on Social Inclusion) / CNPq. E-mail: delmasso@marilia.unesp.br

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2013-08-26

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Borges Paiva, S., & Del-Masso, M. C. S. (2013). Information Technology as a Technical Resource for the Memories: Memories of Unati-Marília in the Virtual Environment. Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management, 10(2), 377–388. https://doi.org/10.4301/s1807-17752013000200011

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Vol. 10 N.º 2 (2013)

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