PRESERVING AND DISSEMINATING CORDEL LITERATURE: CREATING A CULTURAL BLOG FOR THE INFORMATION SCIENCE AND MEMORY LABORATORY AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI
Cordel Literature, Information and Memory Science Laboratory - Federal University of Cariri, Digital Preservation - Cordel Pamphlets, Information and Memory.
In discussing cordel literature, we think of a literary, poetic and editorial genre that pulsates vibrantly in the heart of the Northeast. We recognize that it is present in the oral, written and digital media, besides being at the center of a discussion about cyberspace and digital media. Based on this assumption, this work concentrates on the discussion about the dissemination and preservation of pamphlet literature within the scope of the Memory and Information Science Laboratory (LACIM) of the Federal University of Cariri (UFCA) through the axes of Information Science and Literature. In view of this, this research has the following question: what are the possibilities and challenges to achieve rapid access, free, effective and accessible to the collection of cordel in the Memory and Information Science Laboratory of UFCA in order to spread the cordel culture? We start, then, from the idea that a virtual environment can fill an existing gap at UFCA in relation to cordels, contributing to the dissemination and safeguarding of the collection of cordels at LACIM. Therefore, we have the general objective of developing a digital, public and free informational environment aiming the access, preservation and dissemination of cordels from the Laboratory of Information Science and Memory, spreading the culture of the Metropolitan Region of Cariri. For the specific objectives, we have three guiding points: a) promote the dissemination of cordels by different authors from LACIM's collection, contributing to its informational memory; b) spread the culture of cordel literature as cultural heritage in the Metropolitan Region of Cariri from the postgraduate in Librarianship; c) promote the dissemination of cordel artists from Cariri/Northeastern Brazil. The methodology path uses the following methods: bibliographic (source research), exploratory and descriptive, with a qualitative approach, besides being a case study, since the data was collected at LACIM in order to create a research product aimed at the Laboratory itself. In the theoretical referential, it was discussed about culture, digital memorial preservation, the transformations of the supports and the importance of Cordel literature and its poets. In the analysis of the proposed discussions, the result was that it is possible to disseminate and preserve LACIM's cordels through a free and accessible portal in the format of a Blog-collection, in which the cordels can be catalogued, referenced and with their summaries exposed on the site. The product resulting from this research is entitled 'CordeLacim', a virtual environment in blog format that serves as a collection of LACIM's cordels, preserving and maintaining them in cyberspace, contemplating the various knowledge and practices recommended in the extensive specialized literature on digital preservation and safeguarding of cultural documents. Finally, in the final considerations, we were able to understand that the cordel literature is posed as a Brazilian literary genre and that its preservation and the intercession of this poetic genre of singers/poets to the digital field of online connections is necessary, and that the different efforts of the Information and Memory labs are valid to spread this poetic genre that flourishes within the Brazilian Northeast.