“Tecnologias Sociais” and The Northeast Brazilian Semi-Arid: A Study on the Cisterns Program

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https://doi.org/10.21118/apgs.v16i3.15746

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Purpose: To analyze the role of the Cisterns Program as a generator of “tecnologias sociais” in the Northeast Brazilian Semi-Arid.

Theoretical framework:  Characteristics, mechanisms and requirements of “Tecnologia Social”.

Design/methodology/approach: Instrumental single case study in the Cisterns Program, using interviews and document analysis for data collection. Categorical content analysis to evidence analysis.

Findings: The results show that the “tecnologias sociais” designed by the Cisterns Program have positive impacts beyond access to potable water. These include, among others, mitigation of desertification and articulation and mobilization between communities. Such findings corroborate the understanding that the Cisterns Program as a “supplier” of “tecnologias sociais” and its relevance to the advancement of the regions where it operates, mainly in the northeastern Brazilian semi-arid region.

Originality: This study deepens analyzes of the component elements of "tecnologia social", ways of acting by the groups involved and social implications (results), aspects with little discussion in the literature on the subject.

Theoretical and practical contributions: The study summarizes the forms of action, the groups involved, the mechanisms, the bottlenecks in the process, and the impacts related to social technologies in a set of elements that can serve as a guide for the implementation of social technologies in other places. It also identifies mechanisms for creating/strengthening actions and public policy to scale up, disseminate, and optimize these technologies.

Keywords:Tecnologia Social”. Cisterns Program. Northeast Brazilian semi-arid.

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José Ednilson Matos Júnior, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Mestre em Administração pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Universidade Federal de Sergipe - PROPADM/UFS. Instrutor de treinamento no Agibank.

Maria Conceição Melo Silva Luft, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Maestría en Administración de Empresas por la Universidad Federal de Alagoas y Doctorado en Administración de Empresas por la Universidad Federal de Pernambuco. Profesor Asociado del Departamento de Administración de la Universidad Federal de Sergipe, realizando actividades de investigación, extensión, gestión y docencia de pregrado, especialización y maestría (Programa de Graduación en Administración - PROPADM/UFS; Maestría en Administración Pública en Red - PROFIAP/UFS ). Investigación sobre gestión de tecnologías de la información y sistemas de información; modelos de negocios digitales; innovación; tecnologías sociales.

Ronalty Rocha, Universidade Federal do Amapá

Doutorando em Administração pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (PPGADM/UFPR). Mestre em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Sergipe (PROPADM/UFS). Professora do curso de Tecnologia em Secretariado da Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP).

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2024-09-30

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Matos Júnior, J. E., Luft, M. C. M. S., & Rocha, R. (2024). “Tecnologias Sociais” and The Northeast Brazilian Semi-Arid: A Study on the Cisterns Program. Administração Pública E Gestão Social, 16(3). https://doi.org/10.21118/apgs.v16i3.15746

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