This paper presents the Piraí Digital status quo, based on the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and on the heuristic model of digital inclusion (2iD). In the first phase of this research, the original heuristic model was expanded from the ANT assumptions, giving rise to a more suitable version (e2iD), aiming at the observation of the digital inclusion process (infoinclusion) in the City of Piraí. Next, the ANT was adopted as a methodological support so that authors, by means of interviews and direct observation and from the standpoint of the authors interviewed, could understand how digital inclusion (infoinclusion) is developed in the City of Piraí. From that point on, the results are presented based on the ANT taxonomy and on the elements of the e2ID model. This research work about digital inclusion (infoinclusion) in the City of Piraí began in 2007 and extended up until the last few months of 2009. It is concluded that digital inclusion in the City of Piraí has been a reality to the local public administration and to the educational and health systems. Nevertheless, it is noticed that both the productive sector and the local civil society have had few or no benefits from the program in question. Lastly, it is possible to understand the role of the various public players in the ANTs and explain why the results of the Piraí Digital have not homogeneously impacted the local society so far.
Digital Inclusion; Actor-Network Theory; Heuristic Model; Information Technology; Brazil
