Promotion of the Red de Divulgación de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (Science, Technology and Innovation Dissemination Network) as a promoter of the society of knowledge in San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Abstract

The Red de Divulgación de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (Science, Technology and Innovation, Rediciti, given its Spanish acronym) was a strategy promoted by the Consejo Potosino de Ciencia y Tecnología (the Potosino Science and Technology Council, Copocyt, given its Spanish acronym) during 2010, with the objective to recruit, professionalize and promote all actions directed towards scientific dissemination in the state. Said community of disseminators has given room for providing attention to populations with a high, and very high marginalization, allowing to identify the educational social and technological needs in the four regions of the state. The conceptual model used for the promotion of the activities conducted by the network was that of Jorge Padilla and Lourdes Patiño from the Sociedad Mexicana para la Divulgación de la Ciencia y la Técnica, A.C. (Mexican Society for the Dissemination of Science and Techniques, Somedicyt, given its Spanish acronym); high impact activities were a result.