Community libraries in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil: a social representation of its agents
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Community library. Reading. Social representations.Abstract
In this paper, is exposed to some of the results of a study conducted in four community libraries based in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina. Your goal is to communicate the interpretation of collective speech delivered on all the questions thrown to the informants during the complete study. The complete study was designed as a master dissertation, it is sought to assess the relevance of this type of library participation in the functioning of society. The objective of this research was to analyze the social representations present in the collective discourse obtained the statements made by various people involved in organizing and managing these libraries. The informants who helped in collecting field data, defined as agents, who were working in various roles, from fundraising to the provision of services. From the thoughts expressed by them, have been identified representations related to the notions of scarcity of public investment, inefficiency of public management, social and cultural exclusion, assessment of reading ability.Downloads
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