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Eduardo Chaves


Title and Organization:		Professor of Philosophy (Retired - Dec 2006), University of Campinas, Campinas, SP Brazil
Gender and Age:		Male, 66
Location:		Campinas, São Paulo
Country of Residence:		Brazil
Country of Birth:		Brazil
Nationalities:		Brazilian
Citizenships:		Brazil
Languages:		English , French , Portuguese , Spanish



Website:		http://chaves.com.br
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About Me

I am 65 years old and I am interested in what younger people can do to improve this world that we messed up...

I am a retired professor of philosophy at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil, where I was for 32 years and a half. I taught Theory of Knowledge, Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Education there.

I have had an abiding interest in Education: its nature, its objectives, and the best ways to promote it. I have been studying for a long time the interaction between education and technology.

I conceive education broadly as the process through which human beings become capable of defining their life project (their "dream") and of making the object of this project a reality.

I conceive technology broadly as anything, hard or soft, that human beings invent to make their life easier, more effective or more pleasant. Technology can increase man's physical strength, his locomotive ability, his sensory awareness, or his mental powers.

Of special interest for education are:

* among the soft technologies, language: especially speech and writing (including reading, naturally);

* among the hard technologies, the printing press, radio, television and, more recently, the digital computer.

It seems to me that every technology ever invented by man initially "included" only a small number of people. Even alphabetical writing, invented almost three thousand years ago, is not yet dominated by everyone in the world today, therefore "excluding" many people, especially in developing countries.

I am therefore fascinated with public reaction regarding "digital exclusion / inclusion". I have been trying to understand, historically and systematically, why people seem to feel so strongly, in this particular case, that market forces will not be capable of providing "digital inclusion" and that, therefore, government initiatives and concerted effort by NGOs are needed in this case.

On a personal note, I am married, have four children and seven grandchildren.

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