Políticas públicas de cultura para afro-latinos: o trabalho da Fundação Cultural Palmares 2003/210

Abstract

The purpose of this research project is to analyze the cultural policies developed for Afro-Latin Americans between 2003 and 2010 by the Palmares Cultural Foundation (Fundação Cultural Palmares), a Brazilian federal government agency linked to the Ministry of Culture. During the period studied, the Palmares Cultural Foundation maintained close exchange relations with several Latin American countries. This research will be conducted with reference to the measures devised and carried out by the Ministry of Culture/the Palmares Cultural Foundation, focusing on the main measures implemented, or those with the involvement of the Palmares Cultural Foundation, and will examine these measures by assessing papers and documentation drawn up in international seminars with Latin American scholars, researchers and cultural activists in the field of Afro-Latin American studies, meetings between Latin American ministers of Culture, management reports, conferences, public documents and declarations. The project will also examine statements by experts in the Brazilian cultural field, with the aim of identifying possible connections between these policies and the enhancement, preservation and dissemination of cultural expression by Afro-descendants in Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America. In this regard, we will also analyze meetings carried out by the Ministry of Culture’s Department for National Identity and Cultural Diversity, which aimed to discuss and reflect on cultural diversity in Latin America.