Territórios de identidade: políticas culturais para dança no município de Jaguarari (BA)

Abstract

This master's thesis discusses the relationships established between popular dances, social participation and public policies for the cultural sector in the municipality of Jaguarari, located in the Território de Identidade Piemonte Norte do Itapicuru, Bahia. Introducing the Dance of São Gonçalo do Amarante and the Quadrilha Junina as a cut of interest, the investigation started from the following research problem: how can political and social articulations contribute to enable the promotion of local culture and art in the municipality under analysis? The main objective was to understand the conceptions present in the community about the concept of culture, as well as the cultural policies present and/or absent in the municipality and their relationships with culture makers. The following were outlined as specific objectives: to document the aforementioned manifestations; recognize the paths, actions and knowledge of local actors; identify initiatives for maintaining memory and safeguarding manifestations; make the community's claims visible; and to collaborate, even if indirectly, for the local cultural development pointing out perspectives for the formation, qualification and continued performance of agents of culture. The study was organized in an exploratory, analytical and participatory approach, highlighting the realities experienced in the locality and the experiences with the interlocutors based on the action-research method. An action plan was defined with observation procedures, dialogues and semistructured interviews carried out in person and online, a review of specialized literature on culture and cultural policies in Brazil, as well as verification of documents (laws, councils, fund, actions) pertinent to the Municipal Secretary of Culture, Sport, Leisure and Youth and the Secretary of Culture of the State of Bahia. It is noteworthy that the analyzes and discussions had their concentrations from the time frame from 2007 to 2022, giving us the opportunity to observe the paths taken by cultural policies in the municipality and the relations with other spheres of government. There was no mention of dance in terms of municipal policies, the lack of a municipal culture plan, the lack of a municipal culture fund and the lack of dialogue between the Municipal and State spheres, findings that have an impact on the lack of of participation of the agents in the legal formulations and in the recognition of the doings and promotion of the local culture. The results obtained corroborate the joint preparation of a document that highlights Dance as an important movement to compose the political agenda of the municipality, whose expectation is to contribute to the field of knowledge and to the development of local public policies.