Pontão de Cultura do Tambor de Crioula em São Luís do Maranhão: Uma avaliação dos fatores envolvidos no processo de implantação

Abstract

This disertation deals with as the research object, the process of deploying of Pontão de Cultura do Tambor de Crioula de São Luís do Maranhão. This Pontão stems from a policy developed by the Ministry of Culture (MinC). In this sense, the research covers both the intangible aspect, in order to analyze the factors, cultural or otherwise, that contribute and / or hinder the implementation of this policy as well as the tangible, referring to the Casa do Pontão de Cultura, which is located in a townhouse in historic Praia Grande, in the Historic Centre of São Luís. For the research subjects were considered, such as leaders of groups of Tambor de Crioula; researchers to develop studies on the subject, representatives of cultural institutions and bodies that are directly and indirectly involved with the deployment of Pontão de Cultura do Tambor de Crioula in São Luis. This last group stand out representatives of the Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN), the Ministry of Culture (Secma); Municipal Foundation of Culture (FUNC), as well as Tambor de Crioula associations of existing barrel. The investigation was conducted from the perspective of interpretive culture of Antonio Gramsci and the dialectical materialism of Karl Marx, articulated the analytical categories proposed by Clifford Geertz, Néstor García Canclini and Ozanira Maria da Silva and Silva.