NAVIGATING WITH OUR EYES, SPEAKING WITH OUR FINGERS: ICTs and the ecology of life

Authors

  • Sylvia Caiuby Novaes University of Sao Paulo
  • Victor Eiji Issa University of Sao Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20873/uft.2447-4266.2020v6n4a5en

Keywords:

Impacts of the use of ICTs; skills; ecology of life; technology.

Abstract

This article presents some questions that arose during the process of producing my ethnography of the uses of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the city of São Paulo. I propose, based on what Tim Ingold calls the ecology of life (INGOLD, 2000), that communicating, relating and expressing yourself using such technologies are skills that are developed from a process of constant discovery and rediscovery of our bodies, senses and their relationship with the environment that surrounds us.

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Author Biographies

Sylvia Caiuby Novaes, University of Sao Paulo

PhD and Master in Social Anthropology from the University of São Paulo (USP). Full Professor of Image Anthropology at USP.

Victor Eiji Issa, University of Sao Paulo

Doctoral student at the Graduate Program in Social Anthropology and Master in Social Anthropology at the University of São Paulo (USP)

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Published

2020-07-01

How to Cite

NOVAES, Sylvia Caiuby; ISSA, Victor Eiji. NAVIGATING WITH OUR EYES, SPEAKING WITH OUR FINGERS: ICTs and the ecology of life. Observatory Journal, [S. l.], v. 6, n. 4, p. a5en, 2020. DOI: 10.20873/uft.2447-4266.2020v6n4a5en. Disponível em: https://sistemas.uft.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/observatorio/article/view/11081. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.