Digital literacy and the sociocultural challenges faced by shellfish gatherers and fisherwomen in the Coral Coast Region, Alagoas

Abstract

This article analyzes the impacts of digital literacy on the lives of shellfish gatherers and fisherwomen from the municipalities of Porto de Pedras and Barra de Santo Antônio, located in the Costa dos Corais region, in Alagoas, Brazil. The research adopts a qualitative and exploratory approach, based on field observations and oral narratives, enabling an analysis of how digital exclusion, alongside social, economic, and cultural factors, affects the daily lives of these women. Through a sensitive listening process and analysis organized around four axes, digital, social, economic, and cultural, it was observed that digital literacy, when contextualized and connected to local knowledge, can become a tool for resistance, autonomy, and informational justice. The study highlights the urgent need for public policies that are more attuned to the realities of traditional territories, recognizing these women as agents of knowledge, care, and sustainability.