One approach to studying media is uses and gratifications, a model that suggests media audiences can explain why and for what purpose they use the media. This study took a Uses and Gratifications approach to the Internet social interaction site LambdaMOO. On LambdaMOO, users log on and create an alternate persona to interact with other users. Using a set of questions, 222 selected LambdaMOO users were asked about why they use LambdaMOO, their actions as an alternate persona and their opinions on LambdaMOO. Answers from the subjects were content analyzed to find commonality against several preselected categories and sub-categories. Upon analysis, the subjects were found to use LambdaMOO for talking to other users, "building" up the site through programming and surveying the current events and political movements on the site. Also, the subjects were determined not to act different from their real life actions and preceived attitudes, although the opportunity for freedom through anonymity was everpresent. / Department of Journalism

In this thesis I explore the relationship between the mobile phone and its user and argue that this relationship is crucial in merging the contexts of public and private, the physical and virtual, imagined and real, past and present, author and audience. I view this relationship as crucial to understanding the shift in the role of the audience from passive receivers of content to active producers ('Mobile Produsers'). Further, I argue that the diverse contexts of mobile content production and the definition of the content itself have become the central means by which mobile phone practices are emerging. I draw on anthropology, social science and media studies in order to explore the impact of mobile contexts, content, and use on identity. I propose that this approach allows for a new understanding of mobile practices as a form of spectacle, especially what I refer to as the spectacle of the self. Produsership theory informs an understanding of mobile practices, content production and performance, and the Bahktinian concept of carnival becomes a useful term in analysing the mobile as both performance and spectacle. Through an analysis of mobile content within cinematic culture, social interaction, and mixed media environments I consider the ways in which the mobile functions not only as a tool for positioning the individual, but also as performing an integral part in a multi-user process of mobile content production. In this sense, mobile content can be understood as a map, and the mobile as a compass used by the produser to navigate the mobile?s diverse contexts. Furthermore, I demonstrate that mobile content is collectively constructed while being individually absorbed. It is reflective of both the context and its user and open to constant questioning and interpretation, which is then shared with others. Finally, this thesis explores the notion of being t/here as mode of participating with the mobile in time and space, where one's identity is distributed across virtual and physical spaces, simultaneously locating the user as both here and there (t/here).

The problem with which this study is concerned is the investigation of certain selected elements of technological change upon certain selected elements of psychosocial change and the relationship of such changes upon modern man's ability to adjust to these changes. The necessity for psychosocial change and, consequently, adjustment, has risen dramatically in the past few decades as a result of rapid technological and scientific advances for which modern man has been ill-prepared.

Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements or the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Library and Information Science) at the University of Zululand, 2007. / The purpose of this study was to investigate and identify ICTs that provide access to information/ enhance quality of life, and improve the economic standards of rural women by conceptualizing a model for the development, management, exploitation and use of ICTs in an African rural environment. In order to obtain data from the respondents, two research methods were utilized, namely the case study and survey research. In the former, data was collected from key informants in organizations that work with ICTs and rural women. Using frame lists from both South Africa and Kenya, a total of four organizations were purposefully selected, i.e. Womensnet and the National Community Radio Forum (NCRF) in South Africa, and AfriAfya and the Arid Lands Information Network (ALJN-EA) in Kenya. The survey research method was used to interview women aged between 16 and 60 years. 400 respondents formed the sampling size, randomly selected from census household data. Survey data in Kenya was obtained from the sub¬divisions of the Kaplamai Division in Trans-Nzoia district, namely: Kimoson, Sinyerere, Sitatunga and Makutano. The sample frame included: small-scale traders (68; 34%); housewives (29; 14.5%); educators/teachers (27; 13.5); farmers (26; 13.0); students (11; 5.5%); domestic workers (10; 5.0%); preachers (10; 5.0%); farm workers (6; 3.0%); large-scale entrepreneurs (5; 2.5%); nurses (4; 2.0%); clerical workers (2; 1.0%); and community development workers (2; 1.0%). In South Africa, a similar sample frame included: small-scale traders (58; 29.0%); housewives/homemakers (48; 24.0%); farm employees (25; 12.5%); domestic workers (18; 9.0%); educators/teachers (16; 8.0%); students (15; 7.5%); entrepreneurs managing large-scale enterprises (3; 1.5%); clerical workers (9; 4.5%); community development workers (6; 3.0%); and two preachers (2; 1.0%). Sampling data was obtained from census household data belonging to the magisterial districts of Umlalazi, i.e. Eshowe, Amatikulu, Gigindlovu and Mtunzini. By using the snowball sampling technique, female respondents directly and indirectly connected to one another were identified and consequently interviewed. A few major recommendations stemming from the study include the need for: women to be involved in deciding which ICTs would directly and immediately benefit their lives; sensitization and training in the use of ICTS before project implementation; resource centers with skilled human resources and technological capacities to train communities about ICTs; more enhanced collaboration with rural women by being flexible and aware of their needs and requirements; collaborative efforts with other stakeholders at community level; the establishment of intermediary working committees at community level for enhanced communication processes; and a feasibility study that assesses the physical infrastructure and needs assessment survey before project implementation. The study concluded that there is a strong co-relation between the levels of education of a community, types of ICTs used, information seeking behavior, and the socio-economic landscape/environment. It was also established that the enactment of a National Policy on ICT development does not guarantee the efficient and effective use of ICTs, especially by marginalized rural communities. Special efforts must be made to involve rural communities. These efforts would require policies that: encourage competition between various stakeholders in the telecommunications industry, govern the costs of ICTs, and govern connectivity in areas that are not commercially viable. As women form the majority of most rural households, special efforts need to be made in order to involve women in development initiatives such as skills enhancement initiatives, participatory mechanisms and follow-up programs.

The national laboratories (NLs) play a critical role in the economic and social development of technological latecomer countries, yet no academic study has ever quantified how knowledge inflows and internal knowledge impact the performance of the NLs. This dissertation identifies and ranks the importance of factors pertaining to knowledge inflows and project-internal knowledge, which determine the success or failure of research projects in the NLs of Thailand. A survey of 123 project managers in the NLs, which covers 208 R&D projects, has been conducted. It consists of a questionnaire and unstructured interviews in which the project managers discuss their project(s). Data from the questionnaire are analyzed by factor analysis, multiple regression and logistic regression; qualitative data from the interviews are used to interpret the quantitative results from the questionnaire. The research finds that, regardless of a project's mission, knowledge inflows from outside the project group impact performance more significantly than knowledge from inside the project group does. Second, the capacity of R&D project groups within the NLs to absorb knowledge from external sources is very selective. Absorptive capacity does not just pertain to prior related knowledge; it is also a function of the source of external knowledge, the knowledge pathway into the project group, the source of complementary or substitutive knowledge that resides within the project group, and the mission to which the knowledge contributes. Third, the NLs face an ambidexterity challenge that is commonly observed in private industry--exploiting current capabilities interferes with the national laboratories' capability to explore. The discovery of selective absorption of knowledge provides practicing managers with a toolkit of micro-levers with which they can enhance performance as measured by a variety of metrics in highly specific ways. The dissertation also proposes and validates a theoretical framework for knowledge management that decomposes the national laboratory system into nine knowledge subsystems, which can be managed at a relatively low level of the organization. The methods by which this research has been conducted can be used as a tool to benchmark how knowledge management practices in different R&D organizations and environments impact performance. Guidelines for structural adjustments to the national innovation system, which are based on these contributions, should enable policymakers in most countries to implement an Open Innovation program for their national laboratories and enhance the ambidexterity of their organizations.

The widely used mobile phone, as well as its related technologies had opened opportunities for a complete change on how people interact and build relationship across geographic and time considerations. The convenience of instant communication by mobile phones that broke the barrier of space and time is evidently the key motivational point on why such technologies so important in people's life and daily activities. Mobile phones have become the most popular communication tools. Mobile phone technology is apparently changing our relationship to each other in our work and lives. The impact of new technologies on people's lives in social spaces gives us the chance to rethink the possibilities of technologies in social interaction. Accordingly, mobile phones are basically changing social relations in ways that are intricate to measure with any precision. In this dissertation I propose a socioscope model for social network, relationship and human behavior analysis based on mobile phone call detail records. Because of the diversities and complexities of human social behavior, one technique cannot detect different features of human social behaviors. Therefore I use multiple probability and statistical methods for quantifying social groups, relationships and communication patterns, for predicting social tie strengths and for detecting human behavior changes and unusual consumption events. I propose a new reciprocity index to measure the level of reciprocity between users and their communication partners. The experimental results show that this approach is effective. Among other applications, this work is useful for homeland security, detection of unwanted calls (e.g., spam), telecommunication presence, and marketing. In my future work I plan to analyze and study the social network dynamics and evolution.

This dissertation explores Mobile Media Technologies (MMT’s) namely, cellphones, laptops and MP3 players, and their prevalence in public space as well as how they are being used within the space. Much of my research analyses the impact of MMT’s on social behaviour and the extent to which they can be seen as the harbingers of a new “postmodern” form of social organisation. My research is predominantly an observational study which is conducted within the postmodern space of the shopping mall. Through my research I discuss the multiple spaces within the shopping mall environment and I explore how humans behave, interact and construct their identities within this space; these ideas are evaluated in terms of the “modern” and the “postmodern” paradigms. “Postmodernity” and “modernity” are not mutually exclusive and as a result there are ambivalences in terms of how individuals relate to how MMT’s are being used in public space. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2008.

O objetivo do estudo foi analisar o papel da tecnologia no processo ensino e aprendizagem, na percepção dos professores das escolas de tempo integral da rede pública municipal de Curitiba. A revisão da literatura discute conceitos do determinismo e da Teoria Crítica e as implicações dessas teorias para a sociedade e estudos na área; discute a escola e a tecnologia, ou seja, a escola como elemento participante da sociedade consumidora e produtora de tecnologias; a formação de professores para o uso das novas tecnologias com os alunos e questões relacionadas às escolas que ofertam ampliação do tempo de permanência/dia nesse ambiente. A metodologia utilizada foi o delineamento misto sequencial exploratório composto de duas fases: uma primeira fase com abordagem qualitativa e uma segunda fase com abordagem quantitativa. A escolha da abordagem qualitativa para iniciar o estudo se deu em virtude de ser uma abordagem oportuna para explorar com mais profundidade situações cotidianas em um novo contexto. A técnica de coleta de dados foi a entrevista individual semiestruturada (conversação gravada e depois transcrita, tendo apenas um roteiro inicial com perguntas abertas) realizada com quinze professores de diferentes escolas localizadas em oito regionais no município de Curitiba. Da análise dos dados emergiram quatro categorias: formação de professores – inicial e continuada; uso da tecnologia em sala de aula; dificuldades encontradas pelos professores no uso da tecnologia e também as implicações da tecnologia nas escolas de tempo integral. Na segunda fase foi utilizado a pesquisa descritiva do tipo levantamento quantitativo. A opção em realizar uma fase quantitativa foi permitir a análise em dimensão maior que na abordagem qualitativa. A amostra foi composta de duzentos e dez professores que ministram aulas em escolas de tempo integral em oito regionais do município de Curitiba. O instrumento de coleta de dados foi um questionário constituído por um conjunto de escalas de dois a cinco pontos do tipo Likert para avaliar diferentes aspectos da utilização da tecnologia no contexto das escolas de tempo integral. Os itens para a elaboração do questionário emergiram da análise dos resultados obtidos na primeira fase do estudo. O instrumento foi validado por especialistas da área e testado em estudo-piloto com trinta e cinco professores de trinta e cinco escolas de tempo integral. A partir deste processo, o questionário final constituiu-se de cinco blocos que trataram sobre a formação inicial dos professores, apropriação da tecnologia, confiança dos professores na tecnologia, estrutura das escolas e frequência das atividades baseadas na tecnologia. Os dados quantitativos foram submetidos à análise estatística descritiva (distribuição de frequência, média e desvio padrão), análise não-paramétrica (Kruskal-Wallis e Mann-Whitney), comparação de escores médios, análise fatorial e análise Multivariada de Variância – (MANOVA - Multiple Analysis of Variance). Os principais resultados mostraram que a formação inicial dos professores sofreu mudanças históricas no tempo e no espaço. Em relação à formação continuada, as evidências mostraram que os temas trabalhados nos cursos oferecidos pela mantenedora não se articulam com o tema tecnologias, ou seja, são abordados separadamente. Os dados também mostraram que há divergência entre os professores no que diz respeito ao uso da tecnologia nas escolas de tempo integral, pois há professores que consideram que os alunos matriculados em tempo integral têm mais acesso às tecnologia, como também, demonstram apresentar melhor oralidade e argumentação em relação aos alunos que ficam em tempo regular. Outros professores consideram que a ampliação da jornada diária não implica maior acesso à tecnologia e melhor desempenho no processo ensino-aprendizagem. As diferentes percepções dos professores sobre o processo ensino-aprendizagem dos alunos das escolas de tempo integral mostraram também que a ampliação de tempo em que as crianças ficam na escola não traz implicações relevantes para a aprendizagem. / The objective of the study was to analyze the role of Technology in the teaching and learning process according to the perception of teachers of full-time schools from the public municipal network of Curitiba. The theoretical framework of this study was based on Determinism and in Critical Theory, as well as on the implications of these theories for society; it also discusses the school and the technology, i.e., the school as a participant element of the technology producing and consuming society; the training of teachers for the use of new technologies with students and issues related to schools that offer extension of the time of permanence/day in this environment. The methodology used was the exploratory sequential mixed design consisting of two phases: a first phase with a qualitative approach and a second phase with a quantitative approach. The qualitative approach was chosen to start the study for being a timely approach to explore in more depth situations in a new context. The technique for data collection was a semi-structured individual interview (conversation recorded and then transcribed, featuring only one initial roadmap with open questions) performed with fifteen teachers from different schools located in eight regional boards in the municipality of Curitiba. From the data analysis, four categories emerged: teacher training - initial and continuing; the use of technology in the classroom; the difficulties faced by teachers in using the technology and also the implications of technology in full-time schools. In the second phase, a descriptive research of the quantitative survey type was used. The option to perform a quantitative phase was to allow the analysis in a larger scale than the qualitative approach. The sample was composed of two hundred and ten teachers, who teach classes in full-time schools, from eight regional boards of the municipality of Curitiba. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire consisting of a set of five-point scales of the Likert type to assess the different aspects of the use of technology in the context of full-time schools. The items to prepare the questionnaire emerged from the analysis of the results obtained in the first phase of the study. The instrument was validated by experts in the field and tested in a pilot study with thirty-five teachers from thirty-five different full-time schools. From this process, the final questionnaire consisted of five blocks that dealt with the initial training of teachers, appropriation of technology, teachers' confidence in the technology, school structure and the frequency of activities based on technology. The quantitative data was then submitted to descriptive statistical analysis (distribution of frequency, mean and standard deviation), non-parametric analysis (Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney), comparison of means scores, factor analysis and MANOVA - Multiple Analysis of Variance. The main results showed that the initial training of teachers has undergone historic changes in time and space. In relation to continuing training, the evidence showed that the topics addressed in courses offered by the maintainer do not articulate with the technologies topic, i.e., they are addressed separately. The data also showed that there is disagreement among teachers with respect to the use of technology in full-time schools, since there are teachers who believe that students that are enrolled in full-time programs have more access to technology, as well as display greater speaking and argumentation skills when compared to those under standard- time programs. Other teachers believe that the extension of daily hours does not imply greater access to technology and improved performance in the teaching and learning process. The different perceptions by part of teachers in regards to the teachinglearning process of students from full-time schools have also shown that the extension of time in which children remain in school does not bring relevant implications in learning.

CAPES / Esta dissertação aborda como profissionais do jornalismo, através das práticas do cotidiano, se apropriam de artefatos e tecnologias computacionais para trabalhar com Jornalismo Guiado por Dados e, especificamente, com visualizações de dados. Para isso, considera-se que é no cotidiano que as tecnologias são apropriadas por quem as usa, e que este uso leva as tecnologias a uma estabilização, na qual elas deixam de ser percebidas como um elemento estranho. Os modos de uso dos artefatos também são considerados enquanto elementos construtores de identidades. O objeto principal da pesquisa são seis profissionais que fazem uso de artefatos e técnicas do Jornalismo Guiado por Dados no seu dia a dia. Através de entrevistas e observações, foram levantadas algumas maneiras através das quais as práticas e apropriações de tecnologias constroem as identidades de quem faz uso delas e levam os artefatos à estabilização. A análise das práticas do cotidiano colaboraria para uma visão menos instrumentalista no desenho de artefatos e também no ensino de técnicas, legitimando assim os modos de uso de cada pessoa. Para entender essas práticas do cotidiano, são apresentados os conceitos de “táticas” e “estratégias” com o objetivo de situar as relações de poder do cotidiano e como as pessoas podem subvertê-las, e conceitos dos estudos em Ciência, Tecnologia e Sociedade como SCOT – construção social da tecnologia – e códigos técnicos, para analisar os processos que levam à estabilização de uma tecnologia. Relacionando esses conceitos com o jornalismo, é analisada a conotação de neutralidade dos grandes conjuntos de dados e comparando-a com a ideia de neutralidade da tecnologia. O Jornalismo Guiado por Dados é então relacionado a algumas taxonomias de gêneros e formatos jornalísticos, e é apresentado um breve histórico do uso do computador no jornalismo, para situá-lo dentro do jornalismo de modo geral e nas identidades jornalísticas que são construídas através das tecnologias consumidas no cotidiano. Por sua vez, é apresentado como os produtos jornalísticos derivados de grandes bases de dados propõem outro tipo de relação entre o jornalismo e o público, especificamente através da visualização de dados. São consideradas as possibilidades da visualização como forma de explorar e/ou comunicar grandes conjuntos de dados, assim como formas de leituras que elas propiciam. São descritos alguns processos para produzir visualizações de dados e mostrados exemplos de visualizações usadas no jornalismo, além de descrições de ferramentas de software usadas no Jornalismo Guiado por Dados. Como conclusão principal, defende-se que a legitimação das táticas, assim como uma visão menos instrumentalista e determinista do computar e de outras tecnologias, colaboraria para que mais pessoas se aproveitem dos recursos do Jornalismo Guiado por Dados e das visualizações. / This dissertation looks at how journalism professionals, through everyday practices, appropriate artifacts and computational technologies to work with Data-Driven Journalism and, specifically, with data visualization. For this, we considered that it is in everyday life that technologies are appropriated for those who make use of them, and that this use leads technologies to a closure or stabilization, in which they are no longer perceived as a foreign element. We also consider the way people make use of artifacts as elements that construct identities. The main study subjects are six professionals that make use of artifacts and techniques related to Data-Driven Journalism in their everyday life. Through interviews and observations, we collected some ways through which people appropriate technology, and thus takes them to stabilization and build identities. The analysis of everyday practices would collaborate to a less instrumentalist approach in artifact design and technique teaching, thus legitimating the ways each person makes use of technologies. For a better understanding of those everyday practices, the concepts of "tactics" and "strategies" are introduced, in order to situate the everyday power relations and how people can subvert them, as well as concepts from the Science, Technology and Society studies – STS –, such as SCOT – social construction of technology – and technical codes, in order to analyze the processes that lead to the closure of technology. Relating these concepts to journalism, the neutral connotation of large data sets is analyzed and compared to the idea of technology neutrality. Data-Driven Journalism is then related to some taxonomies of journalistic genres and formats, and a brief history of computer use in journalism is presented to situate it within journalism and how journalism’s identities are constructed through technology consumed in daily life. In turn, is presented how journalistic products derived from large databases propose another type of relationship between journalism and the public, specifically through data visualization. We describe some possibilities of visualization as a way to explore and/or communicate large data sets, as well as some different ways of reading they provide. We also describe some processes and tools for producing data visualization in journalism, as well as some software tools used in Data-Driven Journalism. The major conclusion of this study is that legitimating tactics, as well as a less instrumentalist and determinist approach to computing and other technologies, would help more people in making use of the artifacts and techniques of Data-Driven Journalism and data visualization.

CAPES: Fundação Araucária / A tese tem como objetivo principal analisar como as populações atingidas pela implantação de hidrelétricas no Brasil têm se articulado e organizado nas trajetórias sociotécnicas que conduzem à concretização desses projetos. Para tanto, se estudarão as trajetórias de implantação de três casos, que conformam o período de 1974 a 2016: Itaipu, construída no rio Paraná, na fronteira entre Brasil e Paraguai; Baixo Iguaçu, no rio Iguaçu, no estado do Paraná; e o complexo de Garabi e Panambi, projetado para o rio Uruguai, em trecho de fronteira entre Brasil e Argentina. A análise dos casos selecionados ocorreu a partir de ferramentas teórico-conceituais do campo de estudos em Ciência, Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS) – em especial da Sociologia da Tecnologia. A metodologia de trabalho é qualitativa e contou com pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, além de documentação produzida através de observações em pesquisa de campo e entrevistas orientadas pela metodologia da história oral de vida. Parte-se, portanto, de uma abordagem sociotécnica para a observação das dinâmicas de interação entre movimentos sociais, instituições políticas, empresas estatais e privadas e tecnologias. Por meio de uma análise descritiva e também voltada a compreender causalidades e explorar relações explicativas, buscou-se a identificação de padrões de interação entre as trajetórias sociotécnicas que constituem os casos analisados. Observou-se que na implantação da usina de Itaipu, caso que apresenta a primeira experiência de resistência organizada a esse tipo de projeto, os agricultores se organizaram a partir de espaços de troca de informação; incluíram solidariamente em suas reivindicações as demandas de todos os tipos de ocupações de terra, combatendo a estratégia patrimonialista e desagregadora da empresa e; colocaram suas demandas em pauta a partir de práticas como ocupações e acampamentos. Nos processos constituídos nas primeiras fases das trajetórias de Baixo Iguaçu, Garabi e Panambi, os movimentos de resistência conquistaram a suspensão dos projetos articulando experiências anteriores de organização política; o estabelecimento de alianças com setores da comunidade regional; a realização de práticas de resistência antes da fase de projeto básico; o desenvolvimento de práticas de resistência que impediam os trabalhos dos técnicos; e a pressão sobre o ator responsável pelos projetos, à época, a Eletrosul. Nas fases recentes das trajetórias, as conquistas se relacionam a práticas de resistência anteriores à fase de projeto básico, bem como à articulação dos componentes ambientais dos projetos. Concluiu-se, portanto, que ao longo das trajetórias houve o fortalecimento dos movimentos sociais, com acúmulo e transmissão de experiências, mas que dadas às características de estruturação do processo de implantação de hidrelétricas atuais, que não reservam momentos de participação para a sociedade nem garantias institucionais aos atingidos, a experiência de luta precisa ser retomada e atualizada a cada processo de implantação de hidrelétrica. / The main objective of this thesis is to analyze how populations affected by implantation of hydroelectrics in Brazil have articulated and organized throughout the socio-technical trajectories which led to the implementation of such projects. To that end, the implantation trajectories of three cases will be studied, which correspond to the period from 1974 to 2016: Itaipu, built into the Paraná river, on the Brazil – Paraguay borders; Baixo Iguaçu, on the Iguaçu river at Paraná state; and the Garabi and Panambi complex, projected for the Uruguai river, on a section of the border between Brazil and Argentina. The analysis of the selected cases occurred by using theoretical-conceptual tools from the field studies of Science, Technology and Society (STS) - particularly of Sociology of Technology. The methodology is qualitative and used bibliographical and documental research, as well as documents produced by observation on field research and interviews oriented by oral history methodology. Therefore, it results from a socio-technical approach to the observation of interaction dynamics between social movements, political institutions, state and private companies and technologies. The identification of patterns of interaction in socio-technical trajectories which constitute the analyzed cases are searched through a descriptive and also targeted analysis focused on understanding causalities and exploring explanatory relations. It was observed that on the implantation of Itaipu, a case which represents the first experience of organized resistance to this kind of project, farmers organized themselves through information exchange spaces; in solidarity, they included in their claims the demands of all kind of land occupation movements, fighting the patrimonial and disaggregating strategy of the company; they put their demands on the agenda by using practices such as occupations and encampments. In the processes constituted in the early stages of Baixo Iguaçu, Garabi and Panambi trajectories, the resistance movements conquered the suspension of projects by articulating previous experiences of political organization; the establishment of alliances with regional community; the conduction of resistance practices before the basic design phase; the development of resistance practices which prevented the technicians work; and the pressure over the actor responsible for the projects, Eletrosul at the time. On the recent trajectories phases, achievements are related to resistance practices previous to the basic project phase, as well as articulation on environmental components of projects. It was concluded, therefore, that the strengthening of social movements happened along the trajectories, with experience accumulation and transmission, but given the structuring characteristics of the current hydroelectric deployment process, which do not reserve moments to the participation of the society, nor provides institutional guarantees to those affected, the struggle experience must be resumed at each hydroelectric deployment process.