Políticas culturais no intercâmbio afro-latino: Brasil, Colômbia e Equador – 2003/2010

Abstract

This doctoral thesis proposes a study of public cultural policies for Afro-Latinos developed by Brazil’s Ministry of Culture through the Palmares Cultural Foundation during the period from 2003 to 2010, which influenced cultural policies implemented in Colombia and Ecuador — countries with which the Palmares Cultural Foundation maintained close international cooperation relations. The research takes as a reference the actions formulated and executed by Brazil’s Ministry of Culture/Palmares Cultural Foundation in collaboration with the Ministries of Culture of Colombia and Ecuador. In this regard, the thesis lists the main actions carried out or actively participated in by the Palmares Cultural Foundation and analyzes them based on documents produced in international seminars by scholars, diplomats, and cultural activists from Latin America. The material analyzed also includes records of meetings between Ministers of Culture of Latin American countries focused on an Afro-descendant agenda in the Americas, institutional management reports, lectures, documents, public manifestos, and press articles. Interviews were also conducted with authorities who played significant roles during the period, along with testimonies from beneficiaries of cultural exchange projects among these countries. The main objective is to identify the results achieved in valuing, preserving, and disseminating cultural manifestations of Black origin in Latin America, as well as in strengthening international cooperation among these countries through cultural policies directed toward Afro-Latinos. To achieve this objective, the thesis innovatively integrates studies on International Development Cooperation with conceptual discussions about race, racism, culture, and identity in international relations and public cultural policies for Afro- -Latinos. Thus, the research presents a potential impact both for contemporary conceptual debates in the field of International Relations and for the analysis, enhancement, and formulation of public policies (at national and international levels) for culture, with an emphasis on Afro- -Latinos. Keywords: Afro-Latino; Latin America; international cooperation; black culture; Palmares Cultural Foundation; public cultural policies; racism; international relations