Resumo:
The investigation was configured as a cartographic process of Brazilian groups, companies and
collectives and aimed to identify clues about the notion of work enunciated by artistic groups,
as well as to analyze the impacts of cultural policies, linked to those generated by the Covid-19
pandemic, together with the subjects involved in the research. Cartography is used as a
methodology (PASSOS, KASTRUP, 2009), defined as a qualitative investigation of a
participatory nature that involves ethical, aesthetic and political aspects arising from the
subjects involved, based on their experiences and also on the researcher's experience. This
methodology gives the opportunity for new perspectives to emerge during the investigation,
which will be validated by the clues built in the process and by the triangulation of the data. In
the theoretical framework, historiographical excerpts of social work in Brazil and the legal
frameworks that supported the consolidation of the working classes in the country are presented,
as well as the unique aspects of this formation process, the invisibilities and the conceptions
that configure logics about work, establishing relationships with the field of dance. To this end,
aspects related to the global history of work are treated, its transformations and relationship
with the field of dance, its markets and its precariousness, having as a transverse axis the Covid 19 pandemic in Brazil. In the end, based on the analysis of the data collection carried out
through virtual meetings, called performative propositions, based on the methodology of focus
groups (BARBOU, 2009), a diagnosis was drawn with the notions of work present in groups,
companies and collectives of dance in Brazil participating in this investigation, identifying the
different conceptions and demands of the dance sector as a category of workers.
