The Use of the Social-Humanistic Knowledge Seen from the Information and Communications Technologies

Abstract

This article is part of a doctoral research, which examines  one  aspect  of  the  use  of  information  technology  and communications in the first  decade of  the  21st  century,  in  a  given  area  of  knowledge:  humanities  and  social  sciences. The objective of the investigations is to demonstrate from this area of knowledge that the reality on the use of these technologies has almost always been on the opposite side, creating new divisions or deepening existing ones. Far from eliminating repeti-tive, boring, tedious work, this area of knowledge improves access to information, training and quality of social justice anddemocracy. The methods used were Observations, Analysis an Synthesis, and Documentary Analysis, especially when apply-ing the technique of content analysis of literature and statistical data. In this work are revealed different uses of the social-humanistic  knowledge  in  digitizing  this  information  using  informatics.  In  the  investigation  are  proposed  the  methods  to employ this knowledge to build a better future from the use of instruments that favor their application. Technology: for whomand for what? Neither the objectives nor the instruments can be neutral with respect to these questions.