Produção de conhecimento e circulação da informação na formulação de políticas públicas: o Conselho de Desenvolvimento da Comunidade Negra (CDCN) do Estado da Bahia

Abstract

This work studies the production of knowledge and the circulation of ethnic-racial information in the Council of Development of the Black Community (CDCN) of the State of Bahia. Its theoretical references are the concepts of ethnic-racial information, black social movements, rights councils, public policies and social networks. It analyzes, in a general, the processes and practices of production, communication and use of information in the CDCN in the articulation and formulation of public policies for the black population, specifically aiming to know who the councilors are, how they act and develop information practices; map the actions developed; indicate how the councilors evaluate, monitor and oversee the implementation of the actions developed or under development by the CDCN and to identify how communication relationships and information flows occur between the CDCN, other Councils and the governmental and social domains. It performs descriptive, bibliographic and field research, based on a qualitative approach. Data collection is performed by semi-structured interviews applied individually to ten councilors. For data analysis, it utilizes documentary research, social network analysis and the Collective Subject Discourse (DSC) technique. Results indicate that the CDCN communicates the information through different sources, aiming to meet the information needs of the black population. It also reveals that, since its inception, the Council has developed actions articulated with different actors in society, including councils, agencies and entities that work in combating racial inequalities. It concludes that the CDCN has played the role of articulator between civil society and the government in the promotion of racial equality in the state of Bahia.