Coordinating users to generate the base of the national industry – CAPRE’s role in controlling imports of computers and peripherals (1976–1979)

IF 1 4区 综合性期刊 Q3 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
M.P. Vianna
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ABSTRACT In the 1970s, Brazil sought to establish State policies aimed at technological autonomy in the field of Informatics, resulting in the origin of a national industry of computers. This paper will explore another measure that has been little explored by historiography: the control over imports of data processing equipment. Our research intends to show the control exerted by the Commission for Coordination of Electronic Processing Activities (CAPRE) and to discuss how its technicians performed the analysis of user requests, resulting in decisions that either allowed or not the installation of the requested systems. When analysing computer purchase contracts and evaluating the intended uses for the imported systems, they defined the ‘merit' of each order and sought to raise users' awareness on the problem of technological dependence. They reveal different discourses on the technological modernization (‘efficient/lowercost' imported technologies versus ‘self–determination/autonomy' views influencing society’s perceptions on Informatics in the country.
协调用户建立国家工业基础——CAPRE在控制计算机和外围设备进口方面的作用(1976-1979)
摘要20世纪70年代,巴西寻求在信息学领域建立旨在实现技术自主的国家政策,由此产生了国家计算机产业。本文将探讨史学界很少探索的另一项措施:控制数据处理设备的进口。我们的研究旨在展示电子处理活动协调委员会(CAPRE)施加的控制,并讨论其技术人员如何对用户请求进行分析,从而做出允许或不允许安装所需系统的决定。在分析计算机采购合同和评估进口系统的预期用途时,他们确定了每个订单的“优点”,并试图提高用户对技术依赖问题的认识。它们揭示了关于技术现代化的不同论述(“高效/最低”的进口技术与影响社会对该国信息学认知的“自决/自主”观点。
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Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
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2.30
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20
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>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Interdisciplinary Science Reviews is a quarterly journal that aims to explore the social, philosophical and historical interrelations of the natural sciences, engineering, mathematics, medicine and technology with the social sciences, humanities and arts.
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