Open AccessThe School of the Future / USP: Twenty Years of Vanguard in Social Networks
Author(s) -
Brasilina Passarelli
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of community informatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1712-4441
DOI - 10.15353/joci.v7i1-2.2567
Subject(s) - vanguard , ethnography , context (archaeology) , action research , sociology , action (physics) , qualitative research , social research , public relations , pedagogy , political science , social science , geography , anthropology , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics
This article reports on projects and researches developed by School of the Future Research Laboratory at University of São Paulo over the last twenty years. Briefly presents of ongoing projects as well as those already completed, indicating their chronology, structure, target audience, objectives and funding, placing them in the context of action research. Theoretical research studies conducted at the Digital Culture Observatory are introduced, adopting the ethnographic method as a basis for qualitative studies on social networks.