Brazil has promoted digital culture and open source tools as a way to empower citizens and encourage collaborative development of public policies. In 2004, the Brazilian government began several cultural initiatives using the internet and open source technologies to promote progressive change. These initiatives allowed for parallel debates among artists, politicians and specialists and helped establish digital culture as a built-in tool for revolution.

1. Brazilian Digital Culture
A case of public exercise of culture as a
tool for progressive change in the global
networked society
IGF 2008 - Hyderabad

2. The 'Hacker' Minister

3. 2004

4. Cultural Hotsposts
in action

5. Internet / Open Source
Release Early, Release Often
Collaborative Cultural Production

6. Internet / Open Source
Release Early, Release Often
Collaborative Development
of Public Policies

10. IGF - Rio (2007)
The Cultural Interface
Parallel debates with Brazilian artists,
politicians and specialists

11. quot;Digital Culture
initiatives present a
built-in revolutionary
device.quot;

12. quot;Peer-acyquot;