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Contemporary interfaces: digital technologies and urban tribes in the context of schooling

The article presents the results of a piece or research about juveniles, "urban tribes" and their interactions with information technology and communication in the school context of Palmas-TO Those studied were youths, seeing themselves as members of tribes circulating the city, and studying at the Centre for Middle Teen Education. The investigation was carried out according to an official school perspective and the selection and offering of parallel contents, provided via digital technologies, permitted collective interactions and helped reorganize of the life experiences of the subjects. During the research process, the method -analysis of contents - was adopted for the study of the literature and the interpretation of the information obtained. The results show that distinct youth types circulate the school scene, living alongside the educational policies. Also, these types are able to negotiate a broad range of feelings and meanings from the digital culture pervading their lives.

Youth; Cyber-culture; Education


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