Critical information literacy as an means for digital inclusion in the context of original peoples

Abstract

Critical information literacy can be fundamental to maintaining cultural diversity and promoting resistance and emancipation in the face of exclusion and vulnerability imposed by dominant forces in the contemporary world. Indigenous digital inclusion in the information society has still been a frequent challenge. In this way, this work aims to present instruments of critical information literacy for the digital inclusion of original peoples. Based on exploratory-descriptive and qualitative research, it presents a set of possibilities and discussions resulting from bibliographical surveys carried out during the elaboration of the theoretical framework of an ongoing doctoral research, which has as its central theme Critical information literacy in the context of indigenous peoples. As a result, a set of possibilities are exposed, in areas of critical information literacy, with possible digital inclusion actions. These possibilities and actions are important for understanding the potential of this competence as an instrument of resistance and overcoming the conditions of subalternization, oppression, marginalization and exclusion that native peoples experience. It considers that, by developing this competence, original peoples can identify and challenge Eurocentric and dominant narratives, promoting a worldview that values their own knowledge and traditions.