Information literacy for communities: Empowerment and social protagonism

Abstract

It presents research results, which aimed to develop information skills in residents of the Santa Clara Community, in João Pessoa, through mediation strategies, acting based on dialogue and otherness. For this, an information action was implemented through a training project called preparatory for job interview, produced from experience during doctorate-sandwich in Italy. The methodological approach was guided by the application of qualitative approach, participatory research, participant observation, and the use of interviews. To process the data collected, we used the analysis of content and data encryption capabilities at three levels: before, during and after training. The results show that information mediation strategies provided theoretical support for transit in Information Science, enabling the exercise of reflection and the enhancement of social involvement on residents to go through some empowerment stages of information, to take ownership of it and use to develop skills in information. It is concluded that the information of action taken and to produce knowledge with the locals, especially the interaction of individuals with the environment where they live, from the cultural and historical burden they bring, which is intrinsically linked to social practice.