Do Extrator de Conhecimento Coletivo à Ágora Virtual: desenvolvendo uma ferramenta para democracia participativa
Abstract
The emergence of ICTs resulted in deep changes in access to information and knowledge, bringing a new perspective to the strengthening of democracy in contemporary societies. In this context , technology appears as promise to rescue a more direct citizen participation in public business. The aim of this paper is to contextualize this new moment in the history of democracy and to present a tool based in natural language processing, whose purpose is to provide foundations for the development of a virtual platform for participatory democracy.
