Coordinating users to generate the base of the national industry – Capre’s role in controlling imports of computers and peripherals (1976–1979)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11935854 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcelo Vianna (0000-0002-3687-3474, Research Department, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology, Osório, Brazil, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 501-521 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-0188 • E-ISSN: 1743-2790 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03080188.2020.1865662 |
| OpenAlex | W3206921892 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
In the 1970s, Brazil sought to establish State policies aimed at technological autonomy in the field of Informatics, resulting in the origin of a national industry of computers. This paper will explore another measure that has been little explored by historiography: the control over imports of data processing equipment. Our research intends to show the control exerted by the Commission for Coordination of Electronic Processing Activities (CAPRE) and to discuss how its technicians performed the analysis of user requests, resulting in decisions that either allowed or not the installation of the requested systems. When analysing computer purchase contracts and evaluating the intended uses for the imported systems, they defined the ‘merit' of each order and sought to raise users' awareness on the problem of technological dependence. They reveal different discourses on the technological modernization (‘efficient/lowercost' imported technologies versus ‘self–determination/autonomy' views influencing society’s perceptions on Informatics in the country
Autonomy · Business · Commission · Control (management · Field (mathematics · Informatics · Knowledge management · Modernization theory · Order (exchange · Political science · State (computer science · Computer Science · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Law · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Artificial Intelligence · Finance
| Highly cited | No |
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